Two centuries of Black American art : [exhibition]
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Contributors
Simon, Leonard, 1936- writer of supplementary textual content.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, publisher,
High Museum of Art, host institution.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, host institution.
Brooklyn Museum, host institution.
Status
General Shelving - 3rd Floor
N6538.N5 D74 1976
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English

Notes

General Note
"Exhibition dates: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 30-November 21, 1976; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, January 8-February 20, 1977; Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, March 30-May 15, 1977; The Brooklyn Museum, June 25-August 21, 1977"-- Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-219) and index.
Description
"This book represents a major event in the art world. It is the first book to encompass the entire span and range of black art in America, from unknown artisans and journeymen painters of the 18th century to such internationally admired 19th-century artists as Edward M. Bannister, Edmonia Lewis, and Henry Ossawa Tanner, through the artists of the dynamic "Harlem Renaissance" of the 1920s, and up to Horace Pippin, Jacob Lawrence, and Romare Bearden ... and reproduces works, chronologically arranged, by all the 63 artists in the show, their paintings, sculptures, graphics, as well as crafts ranging from dolls to walking sticks" --,Dust cover.
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Also issued online.
Local note
SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Driskell, D. C., & Simon, L. (1976). Two centuries of Black American art: [exhibition] (First edition). Los Angeles County Museum of Art ;.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Driskell, David C. and Leonard Simon. 1976. Two Centuries of Black American Art: [exhibition]. [Los Angeles]: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Driskell, David C. and Leonard Simon. Two Centuries of Black American Art: [exhibition] [Los Angeles]: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Driskell, D. C. and Simon, L. (1976). Two centuries of black american art: [exhibition]. First edn [Los Angeles]: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Driskell, David C.,, and Leonard Simon. Two Centuries of Black American Art: [exhibition] First edition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art ;, 1976.

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