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Folk Art in America by Adele Earnest (1997, Hardcover)
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Folk Art in America : A Personal View, Hardcover by Earnest, Adele, ISBN 0887400205, ISBN-13 9780887400209, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Shows and describes masterpieces of American folk art, including decoys, gates, trade signs, ship carvings, weathervanes, and sculpture
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSchiffer Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-100887400205
ISBN-139780887400209
eBay Product ID (ePID)907746
Product Key Features
Book TitleFolk Art in America
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicHistory / Contemporary (1945-), Folk & Outsider Art, General
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Photography
AuthorAdele Earnest
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height8.7 in
Item Weight46.2 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN84-051184
Dewey Edition19
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal745/.0973
SynopsisOver 250 photos of early folk art pieces tell the history of the folk art movement from the early 20th century, and the founding of the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. Folk Art in America is the story of the roots of America's passion for art that is uniquely its own. Through her text and illustrations, author and founding trustee of the Museum of American Folk Art, Adele Earnest, acquaints the reader with folk art masterpieces and some of the artists who created them. She relates the history of the folk art movement in America and the founding of the Museum of American Folk Art. She reminisces about those early collectors who blazed a place for folk art in the art world: Henry Francis duPont, Electra Havemeyer Webb, Titus Geesey, and the flamboyant Mme.Gamma Walska, to name but a few., Folk Art in America is the story of the roots of America's passion for art that is uniquely its own. Through her text and illustrations, Adele Earnest acquaints the reader with folk art masterpieces and some of the artists who created them. She relates the history of the folk art movement in America and the founding of the Museum of American Folk Art. She reminisces about those early collectors who blazed a place for folk art in the art world: Henry Francis duPont, Electra Havemeyer Webb, Titus Geesey, and the flamboyant Mme.Gamma Walska, to name but a few.
LC Classification NumberNK805.E28 1984
