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American radiance : the Ralph Esmerian gift to the American Folk Art Museum / Stacy C. Hollander ; foreword by Gerard C. Wertkin ; essay by Ralph Esmerian ; principal photography by John Bigelow Taylor ; with contributions by Helen Kellogg [and 11 others]
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American radiance : the Ralph Esmerian gift to the American Folk Art Museum / Stacy C. Hollander ; foreword by Gerard C. Wertkin ; essay by Ralph Esmerian ; principal photography by John Bigelow Taylor ; with contributions by Helen Kellogg [and 11 others]

by Stacy C. Hollander

This volume catalogues over 400 works of American folk art from the Ralph O. Esmerian collection gifted to the American Folk Art Museum. It includes research and colour photography documenting the inaugural exhibition of the museum's New York site.

Accession 12307 ISBN 0810967413 Publisher American Folk Art Museum, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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