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We are made of stories : self-taught artists in the Robson family collection

Title
We are made of stories : self-taught artists in the Robson family collection / Leslie Umberger ; introduction by Douglas O. Robson.
Author
Smithsonian American Art Museum, author.
Publication
Washington, DC : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; Princeton : in association with Princeton University Press, [2022]

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  • Umberger, Leslie
  • Robson, Douglas O., 1965-
Description
1 volume : illustrations (black and white, and colour); 28 cm
Summary
"Through forty-three artists, born over a span of a hundred years, We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection explores the ways in which artists, and the pioneering collectors who recognized the value of their work, brought lasting change to the face of American art. The exhibition and catalogue center on select artists collected by Margaret Z. Robson between the late 1980s and her death in 2014. Robson believed that these artists reflected a truly diverse nation of makers, and critically expanded the boundaries of American art through singular bodies of work. The Smithsonian American Art Museum broke new ground in 1970, showing and collecting folk and self-taught artists who challenged conventional notions about art and artists. In 2016 the Margaret Z. Robson collection was donated to SAAM by Margaret's son, Douglas O. Robson, uniting these kindred visions. Doug Robson has continued to support an expansive vision of art, and the exhibition also features artworks from Doug's own collection, promised to SAAM"--
Subject
  • Robson, Margaret Z., 1932-2014 > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Robson, John E., 1930- > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Robson, Douglas O., 1965- > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Robson, John E., 1930-
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum > Exhibitions
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • 1900-1999
  • Outsider art > United States > Exhibitions
  • Art, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Art > Private collections > Washington (D.C.) > Exhibitions
  • ART / General
  • Art, American
  • Art > Private collections
  • Outsider art
  • United States
  • Washington (D.C.)
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
N6512.5.O87
ISBN
  • 9780691240428
  • 0691240426
  • 9780691243849 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022011542
OCLC
  • 1319346766
  • on1319346766
  • SCSB-14345196
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries