Earnest, Adele, (1901-1993)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1901 - 1993
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Adele Earnest Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0008
Abstract
The Adele Earnest Papers contain photographs; correspondence with folk artists, folk art collectors, and institutions related to folk art; original research and drafts of Earnest’s published works; and other writings regarding folk artists. Earnest was the owner of Stony Point Art Gallery, which sold and exhibited folk art. A great deal of this collection pertains to Earnest’s work at the Stony Point Art Gallery. Earnest was also a founding trustee of the American Folk Art Museum, and the...
Dates:
1913 - 1993
The Museum of Early American Folk Arts Exhibition Files (1962-1966)
Record Group
Identifier: A0002-1
Abstract
The record group contains exhibition files related to the American Folk Art Museum's earliest exhibitions (1962-1966), when the museum was called the Museum of Early American Folk Arts (MEAFA). The files include a range of materials, such as correspondence, checklists, installation and object photography, publicity and press releases, and more.
Dates:
1962 - 1966
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Art -- Collectors and collecting 1
- Carousel 1
- Decoy carvers 1
- Folk art -- United States 1
- Folk artists 1
- Portraits, American 1
- Santos (Art) 1
- Sculpture, American 1
- Shaker furniture 1
- Stone carving 1
- Tombs & sepulchral monuments 1
- Tools 1
- Toys 1
- Wood-carvers 1 ∧ less
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