Art Photo Gallery

 John Nichols was born in 1940 and resides in New Mexico.  He has published twenty books as well as several screenplays.  His first novel, and later a movie, was The Sterile Cuckoo (1965).  He is perhaps best known for his novel and movie, The Milago Beanfield War.   In 1978 he published The Magic Journey for which he originally intended the following block illustrations to be used for chapter illustrations.  They were not used in the book but instead created into block prints.  The subjects are Calaveras,  which are representation of a human skull in a decorative manner and most commonly seen in the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) and the Roman Catholic holiday All Souls' Day.  I obtained several suites in the mid-seventies.  Offered here are portions of two suites  - 32/50 and 33/50.  The complete suites have 22 prints.  32/50 has 14 prints and 33/50 has 18 prints.  Each print is signed and numbered and has the printer chop.  Documentation expressing his intentions for the prints is included.  Printing is on cotton paper 9 1/2" x 11".  Figures (~3"x4") are  randomly placed.  Titles were given by Nichols. Some pictures are grainy.  Fault of my scanner not the print itself.