Original 1935 Yellowstone National Park Pictorial Map Jo Mora 2nd State Haynes Family Size [d2D1wpIc]

Date: 1935 
Artist: Mora, Jo 
Size (in): 28” x 22.25” 
Size (cm): 71 x 56.5
Condition: B+
Linen backed: No

This is the second state of Jo Mora’s elaborate and delightful pictorial map of Yellowstone National Park.  First issued in 1931, this second edition bears a notation assigning the copyright to the J.F. Haynes Company dated August 2, 1935 printed in the upper right corner.  Color versions of this map didn’t appear until the later editions produced in the 1940s.     

The artist Jo Mora was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and emigrated to the United States at a young age. Both his father, Domingo Mora, and his brother, F. Luis Mora, were successful artist. Jo Mora was a diverse artist who spent most of his professional life working in California as an illustrator, painter, mapmaker, photographer, sculpture, muralist and more. The pictorial maps he produced for National Parks in the United States are among his most well known and celebrated works.  

This vintage original pictorial map is folded as issued and shows just slight handling wear and moderate toning from age most evident on verso.  Overall condition is very good.