johnson malvin gray (3 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 59 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 22 through May 4, 1935. Features an introductory text by Helen Griffiths Harmon along with additional unattributed texts on various other exhibitions, and information about other events and artists. The primary focus is illustrations of Malvin Gray Johnson, Richmond Barthe, and Sargent Johnson. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers that are very lightly soiled and with some minor wear. A very nice copy of this early catalog of African American art. Uncommon.

Zustand: Very Good +. First Edition. Durham, NC: North Carolina Central University Art Museum, 2002. First Edition, Wrapper Issue. Quarto (29cm); publisher's glossy pictorial card wrappers; 199pp.; illus. throughout, chiefly full color. Light wear and creasing at wrapper margins, else Very Good or better. Uncommon exhibition catalog featuring the oils, watercolors, and drawings of one of the youngest artists of the Harlem Renaissance, Malvin Gray Johnson (1896-1934). This exhibit was the first to showcase Johnson's works since his premature death at the age of thirty-eight.

First edition. First edition. 60 pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated stapled self-wraps. Very Good+ with scuffing and light soiling to wraps. A rare guide to an important African American art and sculpture exhibit with many black and white photos of the work as well as the artists (Harlem Renaissance painter Malvin Gray Johnson, sculptors Richmond Barthe and Sargent Johnson) as well as news and notes.