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Cover with light surface, spine, edge and corner wear, crease on bottom front. The binding is tight, text block pages are clear of marks. Includes B&W and color photos by Edward Weston, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, and Consuelo Kanaga throughout, seven Essays, a Catalog, Timeline, List of Exhibitions, Bibliography, Lists of Lenders and Contributors, and an Index.
Catalog from the 2000 to 2001 traveling exhibition of carved memorial gravestones, and celestial, human and animal figures by "the Tennessee artist called the greatest folk carver of the 20th century". From the book's cover "A native of Nashville and the son of a former slaves, the sculptor was the first African-American artist to be featured in a solo show at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1937. "This lavishly illustrated volume showcases Edmondson's sculpture and places it in the mainstream of American art for the first time. In new interpretations that challenge the long held ideas about Edmondson's artistic naïve, the essays emphasize his…
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