1 option
Designs on the heart : the homemade art of Grandma Moses / Karal Ann Marling.
LIBRA ND237.M78 M37 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marling, Karal Ann.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Moses, Grandma, 1860-1961--Criticism and interpretation.
- Moses.
- Moses, Grandma, 1860-1961.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 290 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- To the Reader ix
- Prologue: Flying Over Quilted Landscapes 1
- 1 The Air Castle Years 19
- 2 The Old Oaken Bucket 41
- 3 Making Soap, Washing Sheep 65
- 4 Sugaring Off 85
- 5 Mother Moses "Discovered" 107
- 6 From Farm Wife to Media Darling 129
- 7 A "Primitive" Artist 157
- 8 Cakes and Cards 179
- 9 G. Moses, Inc. 209
- 10 Grandma Is Very Old 231
- Epilogue: "Work, For the Night Is Coming" 253.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674022262
- OCLC:
- 62766131
- Publisher Number:
- 9780674022263
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.