Lauren Lessing Editor (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A USABLE PAST AMERICAN FOLK ART COLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART 2016 1ST SHRINK WRAP. Quoting from the flap of the dust jacket: This catalogue presents new research on the Colby College Museum of Art s important collection of paintings-sculptures-needleworks-and works on paper by self-trained artists working primarily in the eastern part of the United States during the long nineteenth century. Please find then: A Usable Past American Folk Art at the Colby College Museum of Art edited by Lauren Lessing and essays by a wide variety of specialist-experts and collectors. This large hard cover book (9 ¾ x 12 ¼ inches 163 pages) was published by the Colby College Museum of Art dated 2016 to coincide with an exhibition of the same name and thus apparently a First Edition. The book is bound in dark red cloth with gilt titles on the spine and protected by a colorful pictorial dust jacket. This copy is still in the shrink wrap, but I have a personal copy as well which has allowed me to show and tell you what the book includes. It is richly illustrated with color plates throughout. Condition: As it is still in the shrink wrap and shows no bumping to the corners or spine tips, it is in near fine or like new condition.…

Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. book vii, 163 w/ color & bw illustrations. illustrated & red dustjacket w/ white & red printing. Produced and circulated outside the elite sphere of fine art, folk art appealed to the middle-class Americans who were eager to express their identities, interests, and social ambitions through these decorative, vernacular objects. This catalogue presents new research on the Colby College Museum of Art's important collection of paintings, sculptures, needleworks, and works on paper by self-trained artists working primarily in the eastern part of the United States during the long nineteenth century. Essays by Seth A. Thayer, Jr., and Elizabeth Finch investigate the formation, evolving interpretation, and intended uses of the American Heritage Collection of Edith Kemper Jetté and Ellerton Marcel Jetté - one of the earliest gifts to enter the Colby Museum and the basis of its folk art collection. A third essay by Tanya Sheehan explores the complex relationship between folk art, fine art, and American visual culture. More than sixty catalogue entries by scholars, curators, and Colby students identify previously unknown makers and subjects, uncover new information about the construction and original contexts of works in the collection, and enlarge our understanding of what these artworks meant for the people who made and displayed them.--FirstSearch. Near Fine/VG. dustjacket has creasing & light rubbing to corners; wear to back cover spine edges; back cover scratched.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 376 pages. 12.25x10.25x2.00 inches. In Stock.