Folk treasures of Mexico : the Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection in the San Antonio Museum of Art and the Mexican Museum, San Francisco / text by Marion Oettinger, Jr. ; with foreword by Ann Rockefeller Roberts and photographs by Lee Boltin ; additional photographs by John Dyer and captions and photographs by Annie O'Neill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oettinger, Marion, Jr., 1942-

Contributor:

Boltin, Lee.

Mexican Museum.

San Antonio Museum of Art.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979--Art collections.

Rockefeller, Nelson A.

Folk art--Private collections--New York (State)--New York.

Folk art.

Folk art--Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xli, 190 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Houston, TX : Arte Publico Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A book on one of the most exciting and colorful phases in the rich cultural history of Mexico." This is how Nelson A. Rockefeller, in 1978, during his last trip to Mexico, described the book he planned to publish about his astonishing collection of Mexican folk art. Folk Treasures of Mexico: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection is that book, and Rockefeller's essay appears here as the foreword to this volume, which highlights the best and most striking objects in what is considered to be the single finest collection of Mexican folk art in the United States.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword by Ann Rockefeller Roberts""; ""Prologue by Marion Oettinger, Jr.""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword by Nelson A. Rockefeller""; ""Preface by Ann Rockefeller Roberts""; ""Introduction by Avon Neal""; ""Rockefeller the Collector""; ""The Collection""; ""The Mexican Folk Artist""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61192-149-X

OCLC:

922965537