Norman Macleish Intro (1 results)
More images[Exhibition Catalog] Exhibition of Negro Artists of Chicago
[Chicago Black Renaissance; Washington, DC] Charles White, Marion Perkins, Henry Avery, Katherine Dorsey, George Neal et al. [featured artists]; Alonzo J. Aden [curator]; Norman MacLeish [intro.]
Published by Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1941
- First Edition
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First Edition. Washington, DC: Howard University Gallery of Art, 1941. First Edition. Bifolium (28x20cm); illustrated wraps. Folds, soiling, light chipping, else Very Good and sound. Quite uncommon exhibition catalog for a show held at Howard University's Gallery of Art and celebrating artists from the Chicago Black Renaissance, including a young Charles White, whose painting "Fatigue" was on display. Coming a year after the Chicago's own "American Negro Exposition," this show was put together to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the proclamation of the Thirteenth Amendment. Includes a brief story of George Neal, who had died two years earlier, and his influence on the Chicago Black art community. Rare with only a few copies appearing at auction and two holdings in OCLC at Yale and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.…
