Long stored away in attics and basements, tramp art holds a unique place in the canon of American folk art. Primitive yet astoundingly intricate in their construction, these decorative objects are made through a process of layering elaborately notched pieces of wood to create ornate and multidimensional surfaces for boxes, picture frames, and other tabletop items as well as full-sized furniture pieces. Created during the Great Depression by itinerants. tramp art was often traded for food. All of the wood used was scrap and ...
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Long stored away in attics and basements, tramp art holds a unique place in the canon of American folk art. Primitive yet astoundingly intricate in their construction, these decorative objects are made through a process of layering elaborately notched pieces of wood to create ornate and multidimensional surfaces for boxes, picture frames, and other tabletop items as well as full-sized furniture pieces. Created during the Great Depression by itinerants. tramp art was often traded for food. All of the wood used was scrap and discard, mostly from wooden cigar boxes. Though there were never any written instructions, the technique for construction was apparently passed on like a secret family recipe. Tramp Art: A Folk Art Phenomenon and the resulting exhibition consists of newly discovered pieces, many of them rare and unique all of them significant. The catalog will also include photographs of historic precursors to and Europe example of the craft.
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Fair. A readable copy. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Dust jacket may be missing. Pages can include considerable highlighting markings writing but cannot obscure the text. May be an Ex-lib. copy and have standard library stamps and or stickers. May NOT include discs or access code or other supplemental material. We ship Monday-Saturday and respond to inquiries within 24 hours.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book 159 pp. notes, color illustrations almost every page, 4 to, oblong white wraps, dust jacket near fine. Red line dedication page, near fine.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust cover. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Near Fine. 156 pages with 100 illustrations in color. Minor discoloration to the edges consistent with age. Fading to the spine of the dust-wrapper. Photography by Jonathan Taylor. Foreword by Gerard C. Wertkin. Introduction by Bonnie Grossman. Bibliography. Notes.
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Very good. 1999, Stated First Printing, 159 pages, 10 x 8 in size, Paperback. Out-of-Print. Remainder mark on book. Book is in Very Good Condition. Inside pages are in Very Good Condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc. )
