Research Catalog

Title

Primitive : the art and life of Horace H. Pippin : poems / by Janice N. Harrington.

Author

Harrington, Janice N.

Publication

Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, Ltd., 2016.

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Details

Description

104 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

A lyrical and biographical reflection on the art and life of Horace H. Pippin - the best-known African American artist of his time - Primitive offers a searching critique of the condescension to African American folk art as supposedly "primitive," and it also critiques the underestimation of African American life and imagination in the broader American consciousness. Award-winning poet Janice N. Harrington connects readers to this fascinating, odds-defying artist, all while underscoring the human craving for artistic expression. (Publisher).

Series Statement

BOA editions American poets continuum series ; no. 159

Uniform Title

• Poems. Selections
• American poets continuum series ; no. 159.

Alternative Title

Poems.

Subject

• Pippin, Horace, 1888-1946 > Criticism and interpretation
• Pippin, Horace, 1888-1946
• African American artists > Criticism and interpretation
• African American painters > Criticism and interpretation
• Primitivism in art > United States
• Primitivism in art
• Criticism and interpretation
• African American artists
• African American painters
• American poetry
• United States

Genre/Form

• American poetry.
• Poetry.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

A timeline for Horace Pippin -- I. Now why do I want to get up so high : Picture of the poet and Horace H. Pippin before the Perigee -- II. If a man knows nothing but hard times : A primitive portrait -- III. I've seen men die : Like this, like that -- Night march, 369th Infantry -- A canel -- Finding the words -- Shrapnel -- The speller -- Forms and shapes -- Fire -- Hard -- Horace Pippin's red -- IV. War brought out all the art in me : Tell my heart -- Losing the way, 1930 -- Prophet -- Surface, decoration -- The subtlety of blue -- V. You have requested an explanation of the picture : Domino players, 1943 -- The satisfactions of a limited view -- Topoanalysis -- Victorian interior, 1945 -- 1939 -- The trapper returning home, 1941 -- Lilies, 1941 -- In a painted room -- Why, oh why, the doily? -- White flesh -- The warped table, a still life, 1940 -- Birmingham Meeting House -- Harmonizing -- Contemplation, The art of -- Newly discovered portrait of America's first black president / Horace H. Pippin (1888-1946) -- VI. Now I know how you feel alone : Erotica -- Definitions -- Commitment -- My wife is not home at the time -- VII. Then a hand lightly layed on me -- then a still voice : Blessing.

Call Number

Sc D 23-788

ISBN

• 9781942683209
• 1942683200

LCCN

2016006323

OCLC

940795165

Author

Harrington, Janice N., author.

Title

Primitive : the art and life of Horace H. Pippin : poems / by Janice N. Harrington.

Publisher

Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, Ltd., 2016.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

BOA editions American poets continuum series ; no. 159

American poets continuum series ; no. 159.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Note

AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. POETRY BY AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR.

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc D 23-788