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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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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 misnomer once and for all to rest. Long overdue, but well worth the wait, his book is beautifully ...
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