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Ammi Phillips’s 1815-1820 portrait of Rhoda Goodrich Bentley, the proprietor of a famed spa and hotel in Lebanon Springs, New York, and her daughter Maria, including symbolic references to their abolitionist beliefs. From the Founders portion of the exhibition.
Installation view of ”American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection”
American Folk Art Museum
New York, New York
February 11, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Detail of the 1882-1900 embellished “Crazy Trousseau Robe” by Emma Rebecca Cummins Blacklock Snively Crosier Pauling, who was married four times, lived in five Eastern and frontier states, and worked as one of the first female telegraphers working for Western Union out West. From the Travelers portion of the exhibition.
Installation view of ”American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection”
American Folk Art Museum
New York, New York
February 11, 2020 – January 3, 2021
1845 oil portrait of Massachusetts sea captain by Boston painter Sturtevant J. Hamblin. From the Travelers portion of the exhibition.
Installation view of ”American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection”
American Folk Art Museum
New York, New York
February 11, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Detail of 1790 watercolor and ink love letter (“Liebesbrief”) drawn by Christian Strenge, a former Hessian mercenary from Germany who stayed in American, settling in East Petersburg, Pennsylvania, where he created many forms of fraktur for friends and family. From the Founders portion of the exhibition.
Installation view of ”American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection”
American Folk Art Museum
New York, New York
February 11, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Detail of 2004 acrylic, felt-tip pen, and colored-pencil work by Ionel Talpazan, a naturalized New Yorker who reported an otherworldly encounter with a UFO when he was a child in Romania. From the Travelers portion of the exhibition.
Installation view of ”American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection”
American Folk Art Museum
New York, New York
February 11, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Details of 1885 crazy quilt lushly embroidered with seasonal flowers by Clara Leon, a cultured German immigrant who migrated with her merchant husband to Las Vegas, New Mexico. From the Travelers portion of the exhibition.
Installation view of ”American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection”
American Folk Art Museum
New York, New York
February 11, 2020 – January 3, 2021
1968 ballpoint pen and colored pencil drawing of Mt. Trinity in the Clear Water Range near Boise, Idaho by Joseph Yoakum of Chicago – a sight he recollected from his 20 years of wandering the world and working on railroads, in circuses, and on ships . From the Travelers portion of the exhibition.
Installation view of ”American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection”
American Folk Art Museum
New York, New York
February 11, 2020 – January 3, 2021