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Walter O. Evans collection of African American art / foreword by Les Payne ; essays by Leslie King-Hammond ... [et al.] ; curated by Shirley Woodson.

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Walter O. Evans collection of African American art / foreword by Les Payne ; essays by Leslie King-Hammond ... [et al.] ; curated by Shirley Woodson.
Publication
Savannah, Ga. : Beach Institute, King-Tisdell Museum, c1991.

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  • Payne, Les.
  • King-Hammond, Leslie, 1944-
  • Woodson, Shirley.
  • King-Tisdell Museum.
Description
93 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports.; 28 cm.
Summary
"The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art features a broad selection of outstanding works from this important private collection. Eighty color plates illustrate the aesthetic legacy created by African American artists over more than one hundred fifty years." "The introduction and scholarly essays will interest students and general readers as well as specialists and museum professionals. Four notable scholars examine the visual, social, and political contexts that influenced the artists. Dr. Evans contributes a personal statement about the joy he finds in collecting - and his desire to advance knowledge of and appreciation for the rich heritage created by American artists of African descent. The Evans Collection reveals the diversity and aesthetic genius of historical predecessors, and reaffirms the vital contributions that African Americans continue to make to the nation's culture."
Subject
  • Evans, Walter O. > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • African American art > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • Art criticism.
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
  • Critiques d'art.
Note
  • Exhibition Feb. 1-May 3, 1991, Beach Institute, King-Tisdell Museum, Savannah, Georgia.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Andrea D. Barnwell -- Introduction : investing in the vitality of American art / Tritobia Hayes Benjamin -- Reflections on collecting / Walter O. Evans -- A way out of no way : African American artists in the nineteenth century / Kirsten P. Buick -- Illustrating the word : paintings by Aaron Douglas and Jacob Lawrence / Amy M. Mooney -- Sojourner Truth or Harriet Tubman? : Charles White's depiction of an American heroine / Andrea D. Barnwell.
OCLC
27080273
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library