| Details | | Publication Date: | 1995-01-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 220 pages | | Height: | 12.3 in | | Width: | 9.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 51.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
This beautifully illustrated book contains more new information about photographic history than any recent volume. It unveils important, previously unexplored, relationships between art & photography & emphasizes photography's relationship to folk art. It vividly describes "50 Lost Years of American Folk Art Portraits". The Foreword by Museum of American Folk Art Director, Gerard Wertkin, explains the discovery of the last stage of folk portraiture as an American cultural force - the painted tintype. It is a must reading for photography, art, decorative arts, & folk art curators, dealers & collectors. The information presented is not available in any other source. No library on the arts or antiques should be without this seminal work. It is an indispensable reference work & comprehensive guide to decorative frames & the painted photograph. A value scale & analysis of frames is presented. It is a book of many important firsts--On the tintype, naming specific painters & companies that made the art;--On the American decorative frame, showing all styles--&--On painted photography.
Industry Reviews
Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name that was mounted in 1993 in New York and is scheduled for display in museums in numerous cities during the next few years, including the Museum of American Folk Art in New York (whose director, Gerard C. Wertkin, supplies the foreword). The latter half of the book is a catalog to the exhibition; the first half is a thorough survey of the American portrait tradition, folk art and photography, the tintype, hand- colored photography, copy prints and enlargements, and the decorative frame. Also included is information on collecting, preserving, and evaluating photographic frames and a frame identification guide. A meticulously prepared volume -- infused with the author's love of the subject. 9.25x12.25 " . Published by the Burns Press, 140 East 38th St., New York, NY 10016. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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