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Title

Dox Thrash : an African American master printmaker rediscovered / John Ittmann ; with essays by David R. Brigham, Cindy Medley-Buckner, and Kymberly N. Pinder.

Author

Ittmann, John W.

Publication

Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press, Seattle, c2001.

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Additional Authors

• Thrash, Dox, 1892-1965
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Terra Museum of American Art.

Description

xi, 176 p. : ill. (some col.), ports.; 29 cm.

Summary

• "Dox Thrash came of age as an artist in the 1920s and 1930s, a time when art in the United States began to offer accurate reflections of everyday life. Known as "Regionalism," "Social Realism," or simply the "American Scene," this widespread movement encouraged artists to focus their attention on the work around them. Throughout his career Thrash drew on personal experience for the striking imagery in his work, with scenes ranging from childhood memories of the rural South to hard times in the urban centers of the North, patriotic defense work during wartime, and poetic portraits of his community and its residents."
• "The four essays in this volume open windows on different aspects of the artist's life, offering a historical overview on his training and career as a printmaker; an examination of the inner workings of the Fine Print Workshop in Philadelphia, the only WPA workshop devoted entirely to the production of limited-edition prints; a re-creation of the Pyramid Club, Philadelphia's premier African American cultural and social institution in the 1940s and 1950s; and an investigation of Thrash's use of African American themes in his work."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The Jacob Lawrence series on American artists

Uniform Title

Jacob Lawrence series on American artists

Subject

Thrash, Dox, 1892-1965 > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Note

• Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 27, 2001-Feb. 24, 2002 and at the Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Sept. 10-Nov. 3, 2002.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-166) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Anne d'Harnoncourt -- Dox Thrash: "I Always Wanted To Be an Artist" / John Ittmann -- The Fine Print Workshop of the Philadelphia Federal Art Project / Cindy Medley-Buckner -- Dox Thrash and the Pyramid Club / David R. Brigham -- "Racial Idiom" in the Work of Dox Thrash / Kymberly N. Pinder -- Guide to the Catalogue Raisonne of Prints -- Catalogue Raisonne of Prints -- Chronology / Jennifer Noonan -- Lifetime Exhibition Record -- Glossary of Printmaking Terms -- Alphabetical List of Print Titles.

ISBN

0295981598

LCCN

^^2001053141

OCLC

47785679

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Harvard Library