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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans

The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans

Evans, Minnie
Jentleson, Katherine
Suffolk, Rand

Hardcover

American Art - African American & BlackGeneral ArtIndividual Artists

Publisher Price: $45.00

ISBN10: 1636812198
ISBN13: 9781636812199
Publisher: Delmonico Books
Published: Jan 6 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 2.91
Height: 0.79 Width: 9.84 Depth: 11.02
Language: English

Visionary self-taught Southern folk artist Minnie Evans receives a long overdue encore of her mystical, divinely inspired drawings

Published with High Museum of Art.

American artist Minnie Evans (1892-1987) once said her drawings of harmoniously intertwined human, botanical and animal forms came from visions of the lost world, or nations destroyed by the Great Flood as described in the Book of Genesis. As the visions she experienced in childhood became stronger, Evans produced a large body of work ranging from abstract to representational styles. When she turned 56, she transitioned from decades of employment as a domestic worker to collecting admissions at Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, North Carolina. She made art during idle moments and hung it on and near the Gardens' wrought-iron gate. Selling or giving away her drawings to visitors led to a wider reputation and eventually a 1966 exhibition at a New York church titled The Lost World of Minnie Evans.

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