"American Primitive Painting" by Jean Lipman, published by Oxford University Press, London, New York, Toronto, 1942. First edition, stated Second Printing, 1945. "A Wartime Book" with a Wartime Book imprint on the copyright page; illustrated.

Hard boards, original cloth with maroon decoration on front board and maroon lettering on spine [cloth foxing: see photos]; large format: 9" x 12.1/4"; 158 pages including 8 color and 93 monochrome plates; selected bibliography, Important Exhibitions 1924-1942, and Primitive Painters Known by Name. Very good condition.

Jean Herzberg Lipman (1909-1998) was an American artist, collector, and art historian, a pioneer in the study of American folk art. She was a trustee of the American Folk Art Museum from 1965 to 1978, later becoming a trustee emerita.

Jean Herzberg Lipman began collecting folk art in 1936 with the goal of furnishing a home in Connecticut. In 1938 she became an associate editor of Art in America, moving to the position of editor two years later; she remained in this post until 1971, when she moved to the Whitney Museum of American Art to become director of publications. Art in America was devoted to the entire history of American art, but Lipman took especial care to introduce American folk art to its pages. During her tenure it grew from a small scholarly publication, with a circulation of a few hundred, to a widely influential magazine.

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