Books about Folk Art

Mostly American but also containing titles about other countries

Andrews, Ruth (ed.). How to Know American Folk Art: Eleven Experts Discuss Many Aspects of the Field.
E.P. Dutton, NY. 1977 204 pp, 121 b/w ill., 37 color plates. Contributions by Adele Earnest, William Ketchum. Mary Black, Robert Bishop, Frederick Weiser, et al. Softcover. $15.00 [14522] Order

Ayres, James. British Folk Art.
Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY. 1977 144pp, 300 ill., 32 in full color, bibliography, index. Very good in price clipped dj. $25.00 [14421] Order

Beans, L.L. The Life and Work of Edward Hicks.
1951 32pp, 24 b/w ill. Self published, one of 799 copies. $30.00 [14062] Order

Bishop, Robert and Judith Reiter Weissman. Folk Art.
Alfred A. Knopf, NY. 1983 soft cover. (479pp), 360 items individually described and illustrated in color, glossary, bibliography. Knopf Collectors' Guides to American Antiques. Very Good $15.00 [14072] Order

Bishop, Robert. American Folk Sculpture.
E.P. Dutton, NY. 1974 392pp, 100 color plates, nearly 700 b/w photos, bibliography. Very good in chipped dj. $25.00 [15004] Order

Black, Mary C. At the Sign of Gabriel, Flag, or Indian Chief.
Museum of Early American Folk Art, NY. 13 pp, b/w ill, some marginalia. Softcover, reprinted from Curator, vol ix, no. 2 quarterly publication of the American Museum of Natural History. Very good softcover. $20.00 [17472] Order

Black, Mary. What is American in American Art.
Clarkson N. Potter, NY. 1971 80 pp., 83 b/w ill., 9 color plates. Introduction by Lloyd Goodrich. 'This is the hard-cover edition of a catalog that was prepared to accompany the new M. Knoedler & Company, Inc. gallery in New York. Mary Black, Curator of Paintings at the New-York Historical Society, assembled what many critics have called one of the most important and interesting collections of paintings by Americans ever gathered in one place.' Prior owner stamp, in vg, price clipped dj. $25.00 [14931] Order

Carlisle, Lilian Baker. Hat Boxes and Bandboxes at Shelburne Museum.
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT. 1960 [196] pp, b/w ill. throughout. Museum Pamphlet Series, number 4. Very good, soft cover. Important reference to the famous band box collection at the Shelburne Museum. $40.00 [16742] Order

Cuisenier, Jean. French Folk Art.
Kodansha Intl., Tokyo. 1977 310pp, 406 ill., 57 in color, bibliography, list of museums in France, index. Very Good/Very Good $45.00 [14399] Order

Doty, Robert. American Folk Art in Ohio Collections.
Dodd, Mead and Co., NY. 1976 unpaginated, b/w and color ill. throughout. Museum exhibition held at the Akron Art Institute. Very good in a similar dust jacket. $15.00 [14932] Order

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