The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form -A Catalog of Carvings 1976 - $30 in Nanaimo, British Columbia for sale

The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form : A Catalog of Carvings Exhibited at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Edited by Paul A. Johnsgard.

Hardcover: 190 pages
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press; First Edition (November 1, 1976)
ISBN-10: 0803208871
Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.8 x 0.5 inches
Introductory essays by editor and guest contributors consider the history and techniques of decoy making as well as decoys as aesthetic works of art, as folk art, as functional objects and as naturalistic art. Essays by the editor discuss the major categories of decoys (Atlantic Coast, Michigan and Ontario, Illinois and the Great Plains, as well as shorebird and factory decoys) in terms of their historical and functional significance. More than 300 of the carvings exhibited at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery in Lincoln NE are illustrated, with a brief description including locality and date of carving, carver, provenance and other pertinent data
"Most comprehensive catalog of bird decoys published to date." Dust jacket is very nice and protected in a Brodart Mylar sleeve, pages are as new inside.Out of print.
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