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Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, N.M. [Published date: 1963]. Paper covers, 30 pp; illustrated with black and white and some color photographs, portraits; 20 x 27 cm.
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In very good condition. Blue paper covers with white lettering and textile motif design. Covers show light edgewear, and mild scuffing, spotting and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages clean and unmarked. Not ex-library. Exhibition publication issued to commemorate the first ten years of the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a unit of the Museum of New Mexico. Sponsored by the International Folk Art Foundation. Designed by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. Includes photographs by Laura Gilpin, Eliot Porter, and others. Dedicated to the founder, Florence Dibell Bartlett (1882 - 1954), with sections outlining the museum's history, its collections, and its educational programs. Contents include: Florence Dibell Bartlett: The Founder; The Museum - Its Founding and Opening; The Museum - Its Purpose; The Collections: International Folk Art in Depth; Exhibitions: Telling the Folk Art Story; The Educational Program: Folk Art and International Understanding; The International Folk Art Foundation: Trustees of the Bartlett Legacy; The Parent Organization: The Museum of New Mexico.