Master of the Two Left Feet: Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered

by Richard Meyer

An account of the life and work of a once-famous self-taught American artist of the 1940s, and a study of how artists go missing from public memory.

The exhibition "Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered" at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, curated by the author and developed as an extension of the book, is on view from September 22, 2022 to January 27, 2023.

A garment worker and slipper manufacturer with no training in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262047284
• ISBN13: 9780262047289
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 4.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.1" x 13.2"