LEADER 00000cam 2200457 i 4500 001 sky307341922 003 SKY 005 20221201092800.0 008 220330s2022 dcua bc f001 0ceng 010 2022011542 015 GBC2D9846|2bnb 020 9780691240428|q(paperback) 020 0691240426 035 (OCoLC)1319346766 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCF|dUKMGB|dTOH|dKUK|dCRU|dRTM |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us---|an-us-dc 082 00 709.73/0904|223/eng/20220521 092 709.730904|bROB 100 1 Umberger, Leslie,|eauthor. 245 10 We are made of stories :|bself-taught artists in the Robson family collection /|cLeslie Umberger ; introduction by Douglas O. Robson 264 1 Washington, DC :|bSmithsonian American Art Museum ; |aPrinceton :|bin association with Princeton University Press,|c[2022] 300 287 pages :|billustrations (black and white, and colour) ; |c27 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 500 Catalog of an exhibition held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, July 1, 2022 through March 26, 2023 504 Includes bibliographical references and index 520 "Through forty-three artists, born over a span of a hundred years, We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection explores the ways in which artists, and the pioneering collectors who recognized the value of their work, brought lasting change to the face of American art. The exhibition and catalogue center on select artists collected by Margaret Z. Robson between the late 1980s and her death in 2014. Robson believed that these artists reflected a truly diverse nation of makers, and critically expanded the boundaries of American art through singular bodies of work. The Smithsonian American Art Museum broke new ground in 1970, showing and collecting folk and self-taught artists who challenged conventional notions about art and artists. In 2016 the Margaret Z. Robson collection was donated to SAAM by Margaret's son, Douglas O. Robson, uniting these kindred visions. Doug Robson has continued to support an expansive vision of art, and the exhibition also features artworks from Doug's own collection, promised to SAAM"--|cProvided by publisher 600 10 Robson, Margaret Z.,|d1932-2014|xArt collections |vExhibitions. 600 10 Robson, John E.,|d1930-|xArt collections|vExhibitions. 600 10 Robson, Douglas O.,|d1965-|xArt collections|vExhibitions. 610 20 Smithsonian American Art Museum|vExhibitions. 650 0 Outsider art|zUnited States|vExhibitions. 650 0 Art, American|y20th century|vExhibitions. 650 0 Art|xPrivate collections|zWashington (D.C.)|vExhibitions. 655 7 Exhibition catalogs.|2lcgft 700 1 Robson, Douglas O.,|d1965-|ewriter of introduction. 710 2 Smithsonian American Art Museum,|eissuing body.
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