The Native Trees of Canada

Author and Artist Leanne Shapton With a foreword by Sheila Heti, Leanne Shapton’s cult art book inspired by a government textbook is back in print with a gorgeous new cover.While shopping in the used-book store the Monkey's Paw in Toronto, Leanne Shapton happened upon a 1956 edition of the stalwart reference book The Native Trees of Canada, originally published in 1917 by the Canadian Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources. Most people might simply view the book as a dry cataloging of a banal subject; Shapton, however, saw beauty in the technical details and was inspired to create her own interpretation of The Native Trees of Canada.Shapton distills each image into its simplest form, using vivid colors in lush ink and house paint. Details 6.35" x 9.5" Paperback 104 Pages Forward by Sheila Heti Published by Drawn and Quarterly, 2024 ISBN-10 1770467440 Leanne Shapton is an artist and illustrator living in New York City. Her hand-painted wooden books are one-of-a-kind inte