Some American Primitives: A Study of New England Faces and Folk Painters
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth. xix, 292 pp. 112 bw repros. VG- (May have few marks from previous gallery owner and a tear along the cloth spine that can be repaired.). Item #406
A classic treatise by visionary collector and preservationist Clara Endicott Sears (1864-1960), the well-respected creator of the museums at Fruitlands in Harvard, Massachusetts. Nine chapters consider approx. 40 American primitive painters whose work included portraits. Includes some women painters. Told in Clara's folksy narrative style. Bibliography and appendix of misc. information are useful to those who are researching or collecting. Scarce.
OCLC: 1751042
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