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Ardery, Julia S., 1953-
The temptation: Edgar Tolson and the genesis
of twentieth-century folk art / Julia S. Ardery.
p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8078-2397-X (cloth: alk. paper). --

ISBN 0-8078-4700-3 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Tolson, Edgar, 1904-1984. 2. Wood-carvers --
Kentucky -- Biography. 3. Folk artists -- Kentucky --
Biography. 4. Folk art -- United States -- History --
20th century. 5. Folk art -- United States --
Marketing. I. Title.

NK9798-T65A93 1998

736′.4′092 -- dc21

[B] 97-23897

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02 01 00 99 98 5 4 3 2 1

Portions of this book originally
appeared in the following articles.

The author gratefully acknowledges
these journals for permission to reprint
the material herein.

"How Edgar Tolson Made It: Oral Sources
and Folk Art's Success." Oral History Review
23, no. 2 (Winter 1997): 1-18.

"'Loser Wins': Outsider Art the Salvaging
of Disinterestedness." Poetics 24, no. 5
( February 1997): 329-46.

Page vi: Edgar Tolson, 1969.
(Photograph, Rick Bell)

Pages xii-xiii: Edgar Tolson at the 1973
Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife,
Washington, D.C. (Smithsonian Institution
Photo NO. 78-2592-#10)

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