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The carver's art at the ship's prow: a superbly illustrated new book rescues the figurehead sculptor's legacy from the misnomer of 'folk art'.(The Shipcarver's Art: Figureheads and Cigar-Store Indians in Nineteenth-Century America)(Book review)
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Apollo
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February 1, 2006| Author:
Hunter, Richard
| COPYRIGHT 2006 Apollo Magazine Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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The Shipcarver's Art: Figureheads and Cigar-store Indians in Nineteenth-Century America
RALPH SESSIONS
Princeton University Press, $75
ISBN 0 691 12081 1
On both sides of the Atlantic, commercial figureheads, cigar-store carvings and showground figures have for far too long been dismissed under the category 'folk-art', giving the impression of an unsophisticated and naive art form. In his new book, Ralph Sessions has finally put this mi...
