Verlag: Albany Institute Of History And Art, 1945
Anbieter: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Illus., 9 x 6", printed stapled cream wraps, unpaginated. Covers toned, torn and splitting, contents toned with occasional pencil notes else good. Some of the artists: Romaire Bearden, Aaron Douglas, Lois Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Horace Pippen, Hughie Lee Smith, Thelma Johnson Streat. "Over half of the pictures came from commercial galleries in New York and elsewhere. To them the Negro artist owes a great debt for their help in making his work better known and available". Extremely SCARCE.
Verlag: Albany Institute of History and Art, [Albany, New York], 1945
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe
Softcover. Zustand: Good. Exhibition catalog. Forward by John Davis Hatch, Jr. Introduction by Alain Locke. Tall octavo. vii, 77pp. Illustrated with halftone portraits and images of artworks. Owner name ("Alma H. Powell," possibly the African-American Michigan librarian Alma Harrod Powell) on the title page. Ms. Powell has filled portions of four blank pages with relevant inked or penciled notes and newspaper clippings, along with one brief inked note in the text. Most of the spine held together with tape and with a chip at the crown and the split at the base, topedge, and first page of the foreword ink-stained (the foreword is still legible), wartime publication label tipped on the front fly with a bit of loss affecting a couple of words, sound but good only. Includes brief biographies of the artists.
Verlag: Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, 1945
Anbieter: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, USA
Erstausgabe
Zustand: About Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Original wraps. About Very Good with staining and separation to front wrapper at bottom staple, small chip nearby; faint dampstain to fore edge of prelims and front wrap. An illustrated collection of biographies of prominent African American artists with an introduction by Alain Locke, the philosophical architect of the Harlem Renaissance and the New Negro Movement. Each artist is listed with a biography and pictures of select works. Artists include Romare Bearden, Eldzier Cortor, Lois M. Jones, and many others. Uncommon.