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The 424 objects, collected by Abby
Rockefeller between 1929 and 1942 remain the core of the collection, however the museum has grown into containing more than 3,000 objects today.
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wrote that "whether or not there was unanimous agreement on the importance of folk art in that story, the category could no longer be ignored."
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American folk portraits: paintings and drawings from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center
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American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, 1750–1900
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