This beautifully illustrated book contains more new information about photographic history than any recent volume. It unveils important, previously unexplored, relationships between art & photography & emphasizes photography's relationship to folk art. It vividly describes "50 Lost Years of American Folk Art Portraits". The Foreword by Museum of American Folk Art Director, Gerard Wertkin, explains the discovery of the last stage of folk portraiture as an American cultural force - the painted tintype. It is a must reading ...
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This beautifully illustrated book contains more new information about photographic history than any recent volume. It unveils important, previously unexplored, relationships between art & photography & emphasizes photography's relationship to folk art. It vividly describes "50 Lost Years of American Folk Art Portraits". The Foreword by Museum of American Folk Art Director, Gerard Wertkin, explains the discovery of the last stage of folk portraiture as an American cultural force - the painted tintype. It is a must reading for photography, art, decorative arts, & folk art curators, dealers & collectors. The information presented is not available in any other source. No library on the arts or antiques should be without this seminal work. It is an indispensable reference work & comprehensive guide to decorative frames & the painted photograph. A value scale & analysis of frames is presented. It is a book of many important firsts--On the tintype, naming specific painters & companies that made the art;--On the American decorative frame, showing all styles--&--On painted photography.
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Add this copy of Forgotten Marriage: the Painted Tintype & the to cart. $48.00, very good condition, Sold by Moe's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by The Burns Press.
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Very good in Very good jacket. Jacket spine is sunned, but legibility is not affected. jacket edges are lightly worn. Upper back jacket edge is folded. Spine is cracked but secure. Cover edges are slightly worn. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Add this copy of Forgotten Marriage: the Painted Tintype & the to cart. $100.80, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Burns Collection Ltd.
Add this copy of Forgotten Marriage: the Painted Tintype & the to cart. $150.58, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Burns Collection Ltd.
Add this copy of Forgotten Marriage: the Painted Tintype & the to cart. $175.66, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Burns Collection Ltd.