AMERICAN FOLK ART IN WOOD, METAL & STONE : 170 Illustrations & 4 Color Plates
by Jean Lipman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Poor
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Meriden, CT: Pantheon Books, 1948. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. Text/NEW & Bright. Orange linen boards/NF w/trace edge rubs. DJ/Poor; intact w/nips, chips to edges, losses to corner tips, & upper/low spine edges, and, surface soiling. Illustrated survey of American folk sculpture by New York-born, arts patron, collector, artist and author Jean Herzberg Lipman ( -1998), editor of Art in America magazine, wife to Howard Lipman (- 1992). The Lipmans donated many works to the Museum of American Folk Art, where she was a trustee, and to the Whitney Museum of American Art, where Howard Lipman was chairman and trustee. Jean Lipman's first book, ''American Primitive Painting'' is a standard reference work on American folk carving, painted antique furniture and decorative techniques as well as restoration. 193 pgs. in 8 chapters: 1, Ship Figueheads & Ornaments; 2, Weathervanes; 3, Cigar-Store Figures & Other Trade Signs; 4, Circus & Carrousel Carvings; 5, Toys; 6, Decoys; 7, Sculpture for House & Garden; and 8, Portraits.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018475
- Title
- AMERICAN FOLK ART IN WOOD, METAL & STONE : 170 Illustrations & 4 Color Plates
- Author
- Jean Lipman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- Meriden, CT
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Art History/American/Folk Scultture/Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference/Resource;
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