Bob Thompson: Heroes, Martyrs & Spectres
New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, (1997). Paperback. color photos, 20p. Softcover in original oblong wrapper (28 x 22 cm.). Exhibited Sept. 11-Nov. 8, 1997. More
African American Art
Celebrating Our Legacy: Art in the Atrium and the Morris Museum Presents the 20th Anniversary Exhibit January 12-March 18, 2012 Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown: Art in the Atrium, 2012. Paperback. color photos, (59)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Modest curling at top right corner. Signed on half-title by Tarin Fuller, author of "Featured Artist Norman Lewis" (text at pages 5-8). More
Charles Ethan Porter: African-American Master of Still Life
New Britain: New Britain Museum of American Art, (c. 2007). Paperback. frontis, color illustrations, 112p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Oblong (28 x 24cm.). Exhibition Catalog. More
Flying Colors: Military Flags of Africa and African America
Boston: Museum of Afro American History, (c. 1991). Paperback. illustrations, 12p. Wrapper. Oblong 16cm. An exhibition catalog. More
The International Review of African American Art. Volume 9, Number 2, 1990.
Los Angeles: Multicultural Arts, Inc.; Hollywood, Fl.: The International Review of African American Art, (c. 1990). Paperback. illustrated ( color and black & white), 61, [3]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Issue on women artists who matured during and after the 1960s ("African American Women Artsists: Another Generation") --..... More
Mammy, I Jes' Wants a Chance
n.p. The Perry Prints, c. 1904. Boston Edition [no stated limitation]. Black & white print on textured paper. Image size approximately 15 x 10 cm. Title appears as a caption beneath the picture as does "The Perry Pictures. 7628. Boston Edition." Recently framed (with glass). The picture shows a small..... More
On the Shoulders of Ancestors: The Art of Willis Bing Davis
Dayton: EbonNia Gallery, (c. 2006). Paperback. color photos, 27p. Softcover in original wrapper. Oblong (25 x 19 cm.). More
The Quartier Latin. Six issues: Vol. 1, Nos. 2-4 (Aug./Sept., Oct. and Dec., 1896); Vol. 2, Nos. 6 & 8 ( Jan.and March 1897): and Vol. IV, No. 20 (March, 1898);
Paris: Illiffe & Son, 1896. Paperback. (6 issues) illustrations, each issue about 90p. (Pagination in continuous). Softcover in original tied wrappers. 23 cm. Moderate cover soiling and wear. Cord tie split on the 1898 issue. The Aug./Sept., 1896 issue contains an image of a painting ("Resurrection of Lazarus") by Henry..... More
Charles Alston (cover title) "Catalogue of Exhibition", December 3, 1968 through January 5, 1969. An exhibition of paintings and sculpture sponsored by Fairleigh Dickinson University
NY: Gallery of Modern Art Including the Huntington Hartford Collection, 1969. Paperback. [Exhibition Catalog] 2 black & white photos, Single folio-sized sheet printed on one side and folded to form an unnumbered 6-panel exhibition catalog. 23 cm. Minor foxing. Catalog for an exhibition sponsored by Farleigh Dickinson University and held..... More
Charles Alston April 29 to May 17, 1958,
New York: John Heller Gallery, 1958. black & white photo (on first page), Folded four-page brochure. 23 cm. Modest soiling and wear. Unnumbered. Fourth page blank. Exhibition held April 29 to May 17, 1958 at John Heller Gallery in New Yory City. 21 works are listed (titles only), including four..... More
A.F.T.U./Bill Hodges Gallery Presents Selections from `The Revival Series" by Benny Andrews. Exhibition Dates April 13-June 17, 1995
New York: A.F.T.U./Bill Hodges Gallery, (1995). Paperback. illustrations (a few color), (32)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. SIGNED by Andrews (thick black signature on title-page). More
A History of African-American Artists from 1792 to the Present
New York: Pantheon Books, (c. 1993). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, xvii, 541p. Original cloth-backed boards. dj. 31 cm. More
African-American Artists (Bannister to Mitchell) February 6 - April 3, 1999
New York: Bill Hodges Gallery, 1999. Paperback. color illustrations 49p. Wrapper. Square 25cm.Stapled four-page price list laid in. This exhibition displayed works by 18 artists, including Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Louis Mailou Jones, Charles White and others. More
"What A Marvelous Coiffure! Who Rumpled It For You?"
King Features Syndicate, Inc. copyright label added along bottom of illusstration portion of cartoon, c. 1963. Original signed pen and ink drawing on white paper. Approximately 30 x 31 cm. (including margins). Pinholes in corners where this was probably tacked up. Whiteout here and there to remove some shading and..... More
Chase-Riboud.
Paris: Printed by Imprimerie Hofer, (1972). Paperback. Illustrated (black & white). (30)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition ("Chase-Riboud") January 17-February 25, 1973, at the University Art Museum in Berkeley, California. More
Subject Index to Literature on Negro Art: Selected from the Union Catalog of Printed Materials on the Negro in the Chicago Libraries.
Chicago: Chicago Public Library Omnibus Project, 1941. Hardcover. index, (6), 49p. Library binding with original front cover mounted. 28 cm. Ex lib. Perforated library stamp on title-leaf and library bookplate (City Library Springfield Massachusetts) inside front cover. Discard stamp on top and bottom page edges. At head of title: Federal..... More
The Art of History: African American Women Artists Engage the Past
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (c. 2002). Paperback. illustrations, index, xii, 161p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. More
Black Art Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African-American Art
New York: Harry N, Abrams, Inc, (c. 1990). 2nd printing. Hardcover. frontis, photos (many color), index, 305p. dj. Original blue cloth. More
Wildlife "Spotter"
Nairobi: The Society, n.d. [1970s?]. Really just a card wheel on a wheel (in a tiff envelope). The smaller outer wheel can be rotated to give information about animal longevity, getstation priod, weight and height as well as where (which Parks/Reserves in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania) the various animals are..... More
Tools of Her Ministry: The Art of Sister Gertrude Morgan
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, (c. 2004). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, color illustrations, xi, 108p. Original white cover. dj. 31 cm. Self-taught African American visionary artist. More
Thirty-Eighth Annual Festival of Music and Art
[Nashville]: 1967. Paperback. photos, (18)-page program. Wrapper. 26cm. Held April 23-30, 1967. Walter Williams, John W. Rhoden, Paule Marshall and Miraim Makeba were among the artists, writers, and musicians on the program at the 1967 Festival. More
Nellie Mae Rowe
Augusta, GA: (c. 1996). Paperback. color illustrations, 55p. Softcover in original wrapper (with a dj). 28 cm. Exhibition catalog. Self-taught African American artist in Vinings, Georgia. More
Hiroshima
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983. Hardcover. 8 eleven-color silkscreens (by Lawrence), pages unnumbered. Black aniline leather. Black cloth-covered slipcase. 31 cm. Cover has a small area in upper right corner that reflects light differently -- maybe a thumbmark. Backstrip lightly sunned but still black. Contents sound and clean with..... More
Hiroshima
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983. Hardcover. 8 eleven-color silkscreens (by Lawrence), pages unnumbered. Black aniline leather. Black cloth-covered slipcase. 31 cm. Cover has several visible but not deep, scratch marks on front and back covers. Backstrip lightly sunned and still black. Contents sound and clean with all tissue guards..... More
An American Artist in Mexico: Elizabeth Catlett
Seattle: Univeristy of Washington Press, ( c. 2000). Hardcover. frontis, illustrations (some color), index, xvi, (16), 240p. Original orange cloth. dj. 26 cm. More