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Folk Art Journey

Florence D. Bartlett and the Museum of International Folk Art

Folk Art Journey( )
Editor: Seth, Laurel
Mobley, Ree
ISBN:978-0-89013-442-9
Publication Date:Jun 2003
Publisher:Museum of New Mexico Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $40.00
Book Description:

Folk art was neither widely collected nor highly valued in the early 1900s, when globetrotting Chicago socialite and philanthropist Florence Bartlett (1881-19540 began buying indigenous works encountered on her travels and dreamed of founding a museum to celebrate cultural diversity. Beartlett realised her goal in 1953, when the Museum of International Folk Art opened in Santa Fe near her long-time summer home. 50 years later, Bartlett's vision lives on in an ever-expanding museum...
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Book Details
Pages:114
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers
Art / Folk & Outsider Art
Art / Women Artists
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):1 x 1 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:1.984 Pounds



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