Research Catalog

Procession : the art of Norman Lewis

Title
Procession : the art of Norman Lewis / edited by Ruth Fine ; with contributions by David Acton [and five others].
Author
Lewis, Norman, 1909-1979
Publication
Philadelphia : Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ; [Berkeley] : University of California Press, [2015]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

TextUse in library Sc+ F 15-431Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

Details

Additional Authors
  • Fine, Ruth, 1941-
  • Acton, David
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, host institution.
  • Amon Carter Museum of American Art, host institution.
  • Chicago Cultural Center, host institution.
Description
286 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 29 cm
Alternative Title
Art of Norman Lewis
Subject
  • Lewis, Norman, 1909-1979 > Exhibitions
  • African American painters > Exhibitions
  • African American artists > Exhibitions
  • Painting, Abstract > United States > Exhibitions
  • Harlem Renaissance > Exhibitions
  • Abstract impressionism
Note
  • "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Procession : The Art of Norman Lewis, presented at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, November 13, 2015-April 3, 2016; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, June 4-August 21, 2016; Chicago Cultural Center, Illinois, September 17, 2016-January 8, 2017."--Colophon.
  • "This ... catalogue accompanies the first major museum retrospective of the painter Norman Lewis ... the sole African-American artist of his generation who became commiteed to issues of abstraction at the start of his career and continued to explore them over its entire trajectory."--Jacket flap.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279) and index.
Contents
Preface / David C. Driskell -- The spiritual in the material / Ruth Fine -- Drawings and paintings on paper -- Jammin' at the press / David Acton -- Prints checklist / David Acton and Ruth Fine -- Lewis on Lewis : on teaching, on art--Susan Stedman commentary -- Beyond category : before Afrofuturism there was Norman Lewis / Jeffrey C. Stewart -- The presence of Norman Lewis / Jacqueline Francis -- One world or none : hints of the future in Norman Lewis's abstract expressionism / Andrianna Campbell -- Norman Lewis : presence and absence in the exhibition history, 1933-1980 / Helen M. Shannon.
Call Number
Sc+ F 15-431
ISBN
  • 0520288009
  • 9780520288003
LCCN
2015937888
OCLC
908990161
Author
Lewis, Norman, 1909-1979, artist.
Title
Procession : the art of Norman Lewis / edited by Ruth Fine ; with contributions by David Acton [and five others].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ; [Berkeley] : University of California Press, [2015]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279) and index.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Fine, Ruth, 1941- editor.
Acton, David, author.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, host institution.
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, host institution.
Chicago Cultural Center, host institution.
Research Call Number
Sc+ F 15-431
View in Legacy Catalog