Self-taught genius
Subtitle: treasures from the American Folk Art Museum
By: Stacy C. Hollander, Valérie Rousseau ; with a foreword by The Honorable Anne-Imelda Radice
Contributors: Hollander, Stacy C., author; Rousseau, Valérie, author
Publisher: American Folk Art Museum
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780912161235
Subjects: Folk art; Exhibitions; American Folk Art Museum
Description: "Self-taught Genius, comprising more than one hundred works of art from the collection of the American Folk Art Museum, considers the changing implications of 'self-taught in the United States, from a deeply entrenched adn widespread culture of self-education in the early national period to its usage toda to describe artists working outside the art historical canon."
Notes: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum. The exhibition and catalog are organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.