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Folk art in American life
- Title
- Folk art in American life / Robert Bishop and Jacqueline Marx Atkins with the assistance of Henry Niemann and Patricia Coblentz.
- Author
- Bishop, Robert, 1938-1991.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Viking Studio Books in association with Museum of American Folk Art, [1995], ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | AK805 B543 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 228 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm
- Summary
- Richly illustrated with over 260 color plates, Folk Art in American Life presents a broad sampling of the wealth and variety of American folk art from the late seventeenth century through the late twentieth century. Its scope includes objects from many diverse subject areas - from paintings to household furnishings of many kinds, to textiles, to sculpture, to environments.
- Subject
- Folk art > United States > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-222) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Portrait of America -- 2. House and Home -- 3. The Work of the Needle and the Loom -- 4. Carvers, Metalworkers, and Artful Eccentrics -- 5. Private Vision, Public Statement The Folk Art Environment.
- ISBN
- 0670857173 :
- LCCN
- 95060164
- OCLC
- ocm33480570
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries