10 William Edmondson Books, Exhibition Catalogs, & More

Ten (10) William Edmondson related books, exhibition catalogs, including Frist Center, TN State Museum, Cheekwood Museum, magazines, and more. 1st item: Visions in Stone: The Sculpture of William Edmondson by Edmund L. Fuller, 1973. Octavo, 123 pages including photographic images, hardbound in black cloth covers with gilt silver lettering to spine, grey end papers, includes original price clipped pictorial dust jacket. 10 5/8" H x 8 3/4" W x 7/8" D. 2nd item: Art of Tennessee, Frist Center for the Visual Arts exhibition catalog, curated by Benjamin H. Caldwell, Jr., et al., 2003. Quarto, 376 pages including photographic images, Edmondson featured on pp. 260, 276-79, 280-83, hardbound in black cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine, navy blue end papers, including original pictorial dust jacket, back cover depicting a picture of Edmondson's "Bess and Joe" sculpture. 12 1/2" H x 10 3/8" W x 1 3/8" D. 3rd item: William Edmondson: A Retrospective, Tennessee State Museum exhibition catalog, First Edition, curated by Jym Knight, edited by Georganne Fletcher, 1981. Paperback octavo, 96 pages including photographic images, stiff black and white pictorial wrappers. 10 7/8" H x 8 1/4" W x 1/4" D. 4th item: The Art of William Edmondson, Cheekwood Museum of Art exhibition catalog, by Robert Farris Thomspn, et al., 1999. 232 pages including photographic images, hardbound in grey cloth with grey paper sides, yellow end papers, includes original pictorial dust jacket. 11" H x 9 1/2" W x 1 1/4" D. 5th item: Miracles: The Sculptures of William Edmondson, Janet Fleisher Gallery exhibition catalog, First Edition, edited by John E. Ollman, 1994. Paperback octavo, 58 pages including photographic images, stiff blue wrappers with black text to front cover. 9 1/4" H x 7 1/4" W x 1/4" D. 6th item: I Heard God Talking to Me: William Edmondson and His Carvings by Elizabeth Spires, 2009. Octavo, 56 pages including photographic images, hardbound in silver cloth with blindstamp to front coverblack lettering to spine, includes original pictorial dust jacket. 10 7/8" H x 9" W x 1/2" D. 7th item: Copy of Folk Art: Magazine of the Museum of American Folk Art, Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 2000. 80 pages, including photographic images, "The Art of William Edmondson at Cheekwood" by Rusty Freeman, pp. 30-37, pictorial wrappers with front cover depicting a picture of Edmondson's "Bess and Joe" sculpture, back cover depicting Edmondson's "Horse" sculpture. 11 1/8" H x 8 5/8" W x 1/4" D. 8th item: Copy of Oxford American: The Southern Magazine of Good Writing, No. 39, May/June 2001. 112 pages including photographic images, article titled "'The Innocent Negro': William Edmondson and the Guilty Politics of Folk/Outsider Art" by Tessa De Carol, pp. 42-53, pictorial wrappers. 11" H x 8 3/8" W x 1/8" D. 9th item: Copy of Stone in America: The Business & Design Magazine for Memorialists, Vol. 113, No. 4, April 2000. 40 pages including photographic images, article titled "Divine Inspiration" by Ann Corcoran Janiak, pp. 11- 15, pictorial wrappers with front cover depicting a picture of Edmondson's tombstone workshop. 11 1/8" H x 8 5/8" W x 1/8" D. 10th item: Box of twenty (20) blank The Art of William Edmonson, Cheekwood Museum of Art greeting cards with envelopes. Each card with one of five different black and white photographic images of Edmondson and his sculptures. Housed in a red and black pictorial box. Card - 5 1/8" H x 7 1/8" W. Box - 5 3/4" H x 7 3/4" W x 1 1/2" D. Third quarter 20th/early 21st century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection.
Condition Report: Books, etc. in overall good condition with light toning, normal shelf wear. Visions in Stone: Some sun-fading at top and bottom edges of covers. Shelf wear, areas of tears, loss, largest 3/4" x 1" to dust jacket.