Title: All-American Folk Arts and Crafts
Author: William C. Ketchum, Jr.
Publisher: Rizzoli
Publication Date: 1986-11-14
ISBN: 0847807657
Type: hardcover
Condition: New
Jacket condition: New
Notes: Brand new hardcover, sealed in publisher's shrink wrap. Shrink wrap is split at the bottom, book is in perfect condition. Jacket was placed so title is somewhat off-center on spine when book was manufactured. Oversize hardcover.
About the Book (Source: Publisher's Weekly)
A child's sled with an American flag painted on it, the Penn Fire Insurance Company's cast-iron bust of William Penn, a lithograph of the Statue of Liberty on a cookie boxall are examples of familiar American symbols reworked into daily objects. This survey demonstrates how common images of home, freedom, religion and patriotism pop up in folk art. It also digresses widely into other areas to uncover serendipitous delights. There's a New England "mourning picture," circa 1850, idealizing woman as keeper of the dead; a colorful 1973 painting of an Orthodox Jewish wedding; a swift, a gadget made of whale-ivory and bone, used to wind skeins of spun yarn. What this smorgasbord lacks in unity, it more than makes up for in exploring byways of folk art. Ketchum is author of American Folk Art of the Twentieth Century.
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