The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art
Washington: Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1940. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (color), numerous black & white illustrations and two pages in color, 124, [4], 125-222p. Original green cloth. 31 cm. Moderate cover soil and wear. Backstrip and lettering moderately faded. Bookplate (Fannie [?] Targ). Contents sound and clean. No jacket. The three panels of the Amistad Murals done on canvas by Hale Woodruff and located in Savery Memorial Library at Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, are illustrated in color on the center pages of the unnumbered four page Amistad Mural section which is found after page 124. These mural panels were unveiled in 1939, just a year before publication of this book. The unnumbered Amistad Murals section may have been a last minute addition to the book. The section is described on the Contents page as facing page 124. We don't know whether it was present in all copies of the 1940 edition. Good. Item #88176
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