JULY/AUGUST 2020
Editor's Letter
Gregory Cerio
Critical Thinking/Difficult Issues
Jeepers Creepers
Glenn Adamson
Digital Culture
William Blake reprised at the Morgan Library; art in Paris
at the Dalí Museum; and selected highlights from the
collection at the Shelburne Museum
Shop Talk
Folk Tales, Favorite Finds: Dealers tell stories of their
greatest discoveries, folk art edition
Compiled by Elizabeth Pochoda
Farther Afield
The Young and the Youngs: How a London
gallery promotes a dialogue between historical
and contemporary art
Elizabeth Pochoda
Object Lesson
The Work of Lucy M. Lewis, Acoma Pueblo Potter
Benjamin Davidson and Pippa Biddle
On Books
Sam Kramer, mid-century Greenwich Village jeweler
Jeannine Falino
Taking Inventory
Lovable Leos: Get to know a pair of winsome pieces
of Pennsylvania pottery at the Met
Katherine Hughes
New Light
Notes on a Vermont Schoolgirl Embroidery
Gene R. Garthwaite
Endnotes
New light on the lives of Charleston’s enslaved
Eleanor H. Gustafson
Features
Who was the Burpee-Conant Limner?
The authors have identified an anonymous early American folk artist as John Tolman (1777–1863)
Michael R. Payne and Suzanne Rudnick Payne
East Meets West
An exhibition explores the affinities between a pair of American artists whose works have each become iconic representations of a region
Thomas Brent Smith
Stories You Can Wear
All about the genre of narrative jewelry
Bella Neyman
Poison Pen
An exhibition surveys the sinuous, sinister art of Aubrey Beardsley
James Gardner
Snapshots from a Swedish Garden
At his home outside Stockholm, the art of sculptor Carl Milles is on full and glorious display
Melissa Ozawa
Horace Pippin’s New Medium
An excerpt from a new book on the
self-taught African American artist discusses his first painting
Anne Monahan