Edition: Not stated. Signed in pencil, Will Shuster, lower right beneath the impression and scratched into the plate, upper left; title derives from statement in the upper left corner of the impression, beneath the artists name, Santa Fe N.M. A circled number 11 occurs beneath the placename statement. The number is repeated in pencil in the lower right corner of the sheet, #11. 

Image: 3 x 2 inches (76 x 51 mm). Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 inches (190 x 127 mm). Frame: 8 3/16 x 5 11/16 (127 x 145 mm.)

Very good condition. Good margins. Printed on heavy cream wove paper. The back of the sheet is slightly toned from previous backing paper, never matted, the sheet is lightly toned along its edges due to contact with the original wood frame (frame included with sale). Neither detract from or effect the image. The print does not warrant cleaning. A charming image capturing a sliver of time and activity that is long, long gone.  

$900.00

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Edition: Not stated - but rare.

Cover art by Will Shuster, signed in the plate, Shus, lower right. Dated, 1947, on the inside front cover. Printed by Quality Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Music by Billy Palou. English lyrics by Avalee Turner. Spanish lyrics by Johnny Valdes.

Reference: Dispenza and Turner 1989.

Bi-fold Sheet (closed): 12 1/18 x 9 inches (282 x 228 mm).

For the person who absolutely, positively, has to have everything that Will Shuster ever did in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Here it is. The  sheet music for the Santa Fe Fiesta, with a cover design by the creator of Zozobra, Will Shuster. The distribution of this item was probably very small with very few surviving. In excellent condition and appears to have been in flat storage since printing. Illustrated on page 111 of Dispenza and Turner's book, Will Shuster: A Santa Fe Legend.

The words begin:

In Santa Fe we have La Fies-ta
'tis the time for sing-ing dance and play
On this day we do not take la sies-ta
while Zo-zo-bra burns gloom a-way

Steel guitars are soft-ly strum-ming mu-sic
se-no-ri-ta come a-long with me
lu-mi-na-rias all are shinning bright-ly
at the bai-le fan-cy cos-tumes you will see ....

From there the lyrics continue.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Billy Palou and his orchestra were a commonly heard and seen band in and around Santa Fe. They appear to have been something of a house band for La Fonda.

That Old Man Gloom - Zozobra - he's just gotta go!

$225.00

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