Discovering Ellis Ruley [inscribed & signed by Smith]

Ruley, Ellis, Glenn Robert Smith with Robert Kenner, preface by Barbara A. Hudson, foreword by Robert Farris Thompson, introduction by Gerard C. Wertkin, art study essay by Stacy Hollander and Lee Kogan

ISBN 10: 0517590700 / ISBN 13: 9780517590706

Published by Crown Publishers, New York, 1993

About this Item

108p., 10.25x10.25 inches, personal inscription to a friend & signed by Glenn Robert Smith on the endpaper, preface, foreword, introduction, essay, b&w photos of the artist and the period, color plates of the works, very good first edition boards in dj. African American primitivist painter (1882-1959).

Seller Inventory # 178971

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discovering Ellis Ruley [inscribed & signed by Smith]
• Publisher: Crown Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517590700
• ISBN 13: 9780517590706
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • Monograph
  • Folklore
  • Signed, inscribed, autographed, Autograph, sign...
  • African American

About this title

Synopsis

Smith, a collector of American folk art, came across a powerful painting at a flea market, bought it, and spent the next two years trying to find out more about the artist's life and work. He documents the results of his efforts, telling about the life of unknown folk artist, Ellis Ruley, who died in 1959, in Norwich, Connecticut. Color plates present 64 paintings, and the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City contributes an introduction and an art study essay. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

From the Inside Flap

blished record of the work, life, and mysterious death of Ellis Ruley. Includes all of his 62 known works, plus an introduction by the director of the Museum of American Folk Art. <b>Full color and black-and-white photographs.</b>