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A shared legacy : folk art in America

Title
A shared legacy : folk art in America / introduction by Richard Miller ; with contributions by Avis Berman, Cynthia G. Falk, Lisa Minardi, and Ralph Sessions.
Publication
  • Alexander, Virginia : Art Services International ; New York : Skira Rizzoli 2014.
  • ©2014

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Additional Authors
  • Miller, Richard.
  • Berman, Avis.
  • Falk, Cynthia G.
  • Minardi, Lisa.
  • Sessions, Ralph.
Description
256 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
Summary
An unparalleled introduction to American folk art, accompanying a major traveling exhibition. A handsome and insightful survey of American folk art, this book includes paintings, sculptures, furniture, and household objects made by untrained or minimally trained folk artists in New England, the Midwest, and the South between 1800 and the 1920s. This richly illustrated volume includes rare and very fine portraits, radiant still lives and landscapes, a mature version of The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks, playful animal sculptures and trade signs, and ornately painted German American furniture. With newly researched texts by leading scholars, this publication makes an important contribution to the field.
Alternative Title
Folk art in America
Subject
Folk art > United States > Exhibitions
Note
  • "This volume accompanies the exhibition A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America, organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandra, Virginia."--Title page verso.
  • "Exhibition itinerary: American Folk Art Museum, New York December 16, 2014-March 8, 2015 ; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City March 28-July 5, 2015 ; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN November 7, 2015-February 28, 2016 ; Montgomery Museum of Art, Alabama April 2-June 12, 2016 ; Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA July 10-October 2, 2016 ; Denver Art Museum October 27, 2016-January 22, 2017 ; Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach February 11-March 30, 2017 ; Cincinnati Art Museum June 10-September 3, 2017 ; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY October 7-December 31, 2017."--Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-253) and index.
Contents
Acknowledgments / Lynn K. Rogerson ; Preface / Barbara Gordon ; A distinction without a difference: the art of American fold art / Richard Miller ; Uncommon women and the art of the common man: the role of women in the discovery, promotion, and collecting of American folk art / Avis Berman ; Pennsylvania, German, and beyond / Cynthia G. Falk and Lisa Minardi ; Rising to the dignity of art: figure carving as pubic sculpture in nineteenth-century America / Ralph Sessions ; Catalogue ; Selected bibliography ; Index.
Call Number
JQF 14-1135
ISBN
  • 9780847843817
  • 0847843815
OCLC
892307580
Title
A shared legacy : folk art in America / introduction by Richard Miller ; with contributions by Avis Berman, Cynthia G. Falk, Lisa Minardi, and Ralph Sessions.
Publisher
Alexander, Virginia : Art Services International ; New York : Skira Rizzoli 2014.
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-253) and index.
Added Author
Miller, Richard.
Berman, Avis.
Falk, Cynthia G.
Minardi, Lisa.
Sessions, Ralph.
Research Call Number
JQF 14-1135
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