For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago Contributor(s): Barter, Judith A. (Author), Obniski, Monica (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300179723 ISBN-13: 9780300179729 Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: July 2012 * Out of Print * Click for more in this series: Art Institute of Chicago |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Americana - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Permanent - Art | American - General |
Dewey: 745.074 |
LCCN: 2011944568 |
Series: Art Institute of Chicago |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 9.83" W x 8.81" L (1.61 lbs) 120 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated |
Review Citations: Library Journal 10/15/2012 pg. 75 Choice 12/01/2012 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Art Institute of Chicago is home to one of the world's finest collections of American folk art. For Kith and Kin provides an introduction to that collection through more than sixty of its most outstanding objects. Selected by premier American art scholar Judith A. Barter, the majority of these objects have never before been published. In a groundbreaking opening essay, Barter revisits the earliest days of folk-art collecting in Chicago, beginning in the 1890s. She pays special attention to the passionate individuals who sought out unique and expressive examples of American folk art, building private collections that they later donated to the Art Institute. Including beautiful reproductions and detailed entries for each of the sixty-one objects it features, this book highlights an array of masterworks such as primitive New England portraits, a face jug from South Carolina, New Mexican ceramics, a weathervane, and ship figureheads. |
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