FACE TO FACE : M. W. Hopkins and Noah North by Franco , Barbara - 1989

Museum of Our National Heritage, 1988. Good.

Lexington, MA: Museum of Our National Heritage. Very Good; Covers lightly rubbed.. 1988. Softcover. 0962110779 . xi, 123pp. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition of the works of American folk artists M.W. Hopkins and Noah North, first exhibited at The Museum of our National Heritage from September 11, 1998 to January 15, 1989. Text by Nina Fletcher Little, Barbara Franco, William H. Siles, Mary Black, David Tatham, Jacquelyn Oak, and Grant B. Romer. Exhibition checklist. Many illustrations, including some in color. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Lexington, MA:: Museum of Our National Heritage,, 1989.. First edition -. Near fine in stiff illustrated covers (upper corner slightly bumped) . First printing, a large trade paperback. Monograph on these two nineteenth century upstate New York portrait painters, issued in conjuction with an exhibition of their work. As mention in the introduction by Barbara Franco, this represents the culmination of 13 years of research and its publication comes at a time when there is increasing debate about the definition and significance of folk art. In addition to many plates - including 8 in full color - of the works of these two "naive" or primitive artists, there is much information on their lives and that of their sitters by Jacqueline Oak. Also includes essays on 'The Genesee Country, 1790-1860' by William H. SIles, on 'Artisan Painting in America' by Mary Black, on 'The Daguerrotype as a Portrait Medium' by Grant Romer and more, 124 pp.

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