Brilliance in the Shadows

Published in 1998

Letterpress-printed & hand-bound by Yoshiko Yamamoto at the Arts & Crafts Press

Hard-cover, hand-stitched case binding with a dust jacket

Decorated with designs by Lucia Kleinhans Mathews, this book is the first-ever biography of the accomplished artist from the turn of the 20th century in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her husband, Arthur Mathews, a leading muralist of the era, was a pivotal figure in the Bay Area art scene. Together, the husband-and-wife team created an extensive body of art and craft. The author, Stephanie McCoy, is an independent researcher and writer based in Berkeley, California.