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Big-spending collectors warm to folk art fever
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For collectors in the antiques world, folk art is the ultimate
high, the pricey status symbol that makes a bold statement.
After all, who can overlook a couple of weather vanes or massive
whirligigs dominating a living room? It's hard not to give these
often childish appearing objects due respect when they wear price
tags in the thousands of dollars.
So important has the field of folk art collecting become that
Christie's Auction Gallery in New York has opened a separate
de...
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Folk art as communal culture and art proper
Art Education
; Attitudes about folk art have undergone a remarkable transformation, from characterizations as simplistic, primitive, and obscure a century ago, to descriptions as refined, com plex, and important. Interest in folk art reflects a growing concern not only for the nature and value of folk art but
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Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
The Journal of American Culture
; Encyclopedia of American Folk Art Gerard C. Wertkin, Editor. New York and London: Routledge, 2004. The Encyclopedia of American Folk Art includes one very manageable volume -a guide to the objects, artists, and cultural background of three centuries of folk art in America. This comprehensive
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Folk Art Acquired; Smithsonian's NMAA Pays $1.4 Million for Diverse Collection
The Washington Post
; The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art has purchased a large portion of one of the country's principal collections of American folk art at a price of $1.4 million. The 378 objects from the New York collection of Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr. constitute the "quality core" of the
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Smithsonian Adds 220 Folk Art Objects
The Washington Post
; The National Museum of American Art, which houses one of the country's finest American folk art holdings, has just grown richer by 220 objects. The acquisition, partly a purchase and partly a donation, comes from the distinguished collection of former Washington attorneys Chuck and Jan Rosenak, who
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At PCA&D, recognizing folk art
Sunday News Lancaster, PA
; People come from miles around to purchase authentic Amish quilts here. But a look back into history reveals that the Amish did not start quilting until the 1800s when they borrowed the art from the English. "Germans are weavers, not quilters," said Peter S. Seibert, executive director of The
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