Search Results: African-American Art

Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1976. First Edition. Wraps. Good+. first printing. Wraps with stapled binding. 40p. Color reproductions of embroidered pictures. This copy signed by the artist alongside her essay. Has some edgewear to covers and some scuffing on the back cover.

New York NY: Universe Publishing, 1993. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize softcover, 210 pp. Catalogs a 1994-95 traveling exhibit featuring the work of this major 20th century African American painter. Self taught, Pippin's work illuminates the lives of African Americans (e.g. soldiers, families). Organized thematically with accompanying essays. B&w and color plates throughout. Exhibit organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; light cover corner wear; light spotting/staining to text block..

New York: Sidney Mishkin Gallery/Baruch College, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 44 pp. Bound in illustrated wrappers. Illustrations in full color and black and white. Includes artist biographies and bibliographic references. Catalog for an exhibition held at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College from February 5 to March 4, 1993. Very Good, internally clean, smudges to rear cover, scuffing and wear to wrappers.

NY: Washington Square Press. Introduction by Ntozake Shange. 8vo. xiv, 302pp., illus. Wraps. Very Good.

Los Angeles: California Afro-American Museum. slim 4to. 40pp., 34 color & b&w illus. Notes, Bib. Exhibition Catalogue. Stapled Wraps. Sm. Section of cover cut (see photo). otherwise VG

New York: Todtri, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Folio. 128 pp. Bound in glossy illustrated boards, in matching dust jacket. Profusely illustrated, chiefly full-color. Includes index. Fine, bright, clean copy in Near Fine dust jacket with light scuffing.

[LaGrange, GA]: [The Collection], [1991?]. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 70 pp. Bound in illustrated wrappers. Illustrations throughout, some in full-color. Catalog of selected works by twentieth-century African-American artists held in the private collection of Wes and Missy Cochran. Includes biographies of the artists. Artists represented include Elizabeth Catlett, Hale Woodruff, Romare Bearden, Aminah Robinson, Camille Billops and others. Very Good, internally clean, rubbing and wear to wrappers, fading to spine.

obl. 4to. xi, 176pp., Exh. Checklist, Bib.,Cloth, ltly worn d.j. F/VG

New York: Newark Museum, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/very good +. 4to. 298, [2] pp. Bound in full red cloth title stamped in gilt on spine in illustrated dust jacket Black and white frontispiece and illustrations (some in full color) throughout. Includes bibliography and index. Very Good, internally clean and bright, minor wear to extremities of binding, hard bump to lower edge of rear cover with damage to cloth, in Very Good+ dust jacket with minor scuffing and wear.

Washington DC: [The Phillips Collection], [1977]. Paperback. Very Good-. Oblong 8vo. [14] p., [47] p. of plate. Bound in light gray wrappers. Illustrations throughout, mostly full color. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Phillips Collection (Washington), 25 Feb. - 27 Mar. 1977, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, N.Y., April 5-April 30, 1977, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pa., June 4-Sept. 5, 1977. With an essay by Romare Bearden. Includes chronology of Pippin's life and work and bibliography. Very Good-, age-toning to wrappers, visible repair to 1" tear at bottom edge of rear cover, internally clean and sound.

[Houston]: Museum of Fine Arts, in association with Harry N. Abrams, [1995]. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 4to. 184 pp. Bound in full dark brown cloth, in illustrated dust jacket. Illustrations throughout, many in full color, including two fold-outs. Includes chronology, selected exhibition history, bibliography , and index. Catalog of a traveling exhibition first held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 2-August 28, 1995. Very Good+, previous owner's inscription in ink and age-toning to front free endpaper, otherwise tight and clean, in Very Good+ dust jacket with minor scuffing and scratches.

Los Angeles: Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, 2003. Paperback. Very Good +. 96 pages, softcover. Seven page Introduction. Four page essay "Troubled Times in Lark's Life." Eight pages of "Notes To Some Of The Plates." Extensive resource lists. Many full page reproductions, many in color. little light edge wear.

Los Angeles: Hancraft Studios, [1990]. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good +. Quarto. x, [2], 300 pp. Bound in Black wrappers, full-color cover illustration, title in blue, green, and red. Illustrations throughout, some in ful color. Includes bibliography. Very Good+, rubbing and scuffing to wrappers otherwise clean and sound.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Foreword by August Wilson. Cloth. 320 pages. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations, photographs.

New York: New York Public Library, 1988. Paperback. Very Good +. Oblong 8vo. 56 pp. Bound in stapled white wrappers with color cover illustration. Illustrations throughout, some in full color. Catalog from an exhibition held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City from March 11-April 16, 1988. Edited and coordinated by Glenderlyn Johnson. Includes checklist and directory of artists. Very Good+, light wear to wrappers.

Lrg. 4to. 200pp., prof. illus. in color & b&w. Sel. Bib., Exhibition history. Wraps. As New conditionBuy with confidence. We check our books carefully for signs of wear and markings. THIS IS NOT AN X-LIBRARY COPY.

NY: Schirmer Books. tall 4to. vii,212pp., prof. illus. Bib., index. Cloth, d.j. Fine/Fine. Includes images of Balinese Harlem Renaissance dancers.

136pp., prof. illus. color & b&w. List of Works, Chron., Sel. Bib. Wraps. Covers rubbed, inside tight. Good+ Checklist is considered a catalogue raisonné of Bearden's collages and watercolors for the years of the exhibit.

Berkeley: University of California Press, [2011]. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 8vo. [10], 200, [2] pp. Bound in full grey cloth, title in black on spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Illustrations in full color and black and white. Includes bibliography and index. Near Fine, minor rubbing and wear, otherwise clean copy, in Very Good+ dust jacket with 1/2" tear to upper edge of rear cover, light scuffing and wear.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992. Paperback. Very Good +. Tall 8vo. 118 pp. Bound in illustrated wrappers. Illustrations throughout, some in full-color. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 3-Oct. 18, 1992, and at other venues through 1994. Includes chronology, bibliography, and exhibition checklist. Very Good+, internally bright and clean, light rubbing and scuffing to wrappers.