[GIFT IDEAS] American Primitive: Discoveries in Folk Sculpture by Frank Maresca
- 5 years ago
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Until recently, American primitive sculpture was seen as a kind of folk art: objects whose design and purpose were rooted in a community of tradition and related to the daily material and spiritual needs of ordinary people. But in recent years - belatedly following the precedent set by New York's Museum of Modern Art in a 1932 show - collectors and historians have begun to place this body of work within the realm of fine rather than folk art. Now, Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco, who are among the country's leading dealers in primitive art, have gathered together more than 400 pieces - each seen for the first time in a book - to give us a magnificent view and celebration of this newly explored field of American art.
Until recently, American primitive sculpture was seen as a kind of folk art: objects whose design and purpose were rooted in a community of tradition and related to the daily material and spiritual needs of ordinary people. But in recent years - belatedly following the precedent set by New York's Museum of Modern Art in a 1932 show - collectors and historians have begun to place this body of work within the realm of fine rather than folk art. Now, Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco, who are among the country's leading dealers in primitive art, have gathered together more than 400 pieces - each seen for the first time in a book - to give us a magnificent view and celebration of this newly explored field of American art.