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Syncopated rhythms : 20th-century African American art from the George and Joyce Wein collection

Title
Syncopated rhythms : 20th-century African American art from the George and Joyce Wein collection / exhibition and catalogue by Patricia Hills and Melissa Renn ; foreword by Ed Bradley.
Author
Hills, Patricia.
Publication
Boston : Boston University Art Gallery ; Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Renn, Melissa.
  • Bradley, Ed, 1941-2006
  • Boston University. Art Gallery.
Description
103 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 28 cm
Summary
"Jazz impresario George Wein and his wife Joyce have established an outstanding art collection that represents an excellent survey of the accomplishments of African American artists of the last century. The exhibition and catalogue, Syncopated Rhythms: 20th-Century African American Art from the George and Joyce Wein Collection, showcases this fine collection, including paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and a painted story quilt."--Page 2 of cover.
Subject
  • Wein, George > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Wein, Joyce, 1928-2005 > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Wein, George
  • Wein, Joyce, 1928-2005
  • 1900-1999
  • African American art > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Art > Private collections > New York (State) > New York > Exhibitions
  • African American artists > 20th century > Biography > Exhibitions
  • African American art
  • African American artists > Biography
  • Art > Private collections
  • New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
Note
  • Exhibition dates, Nov. 18, 2005-Jan. 22, 2006.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-101).
Contents
Foreword : my friends George and Joyce Wein / Ed Bradley -- The expressive modernism of 20th-century African American art / Patricia Hills -- Catalogue of artists: -- Charles Alston -- Benny Andrews -- Ernie Barnes -- Richmond Barthé -- Romare Bearden -- John Biggers -- Bruce Brice -- Elizabeth Catlett -- Eldzier Cortor -- Allan Rohan Crite -- Miles Davis -- Beauford Delaney -- Joseph Delaney -- Aaron Douglas -- Minnie Evans -- Palmer Hayden -- Oliver Johnson -- William H. Johnson -- Lois Mailou Jones -- Wifredo Lam -- Jacob Lawrence -- Hughie Lee-Smith -- Norman Lewis -- Sister Gertrude Morgan -- Faith Ringgold -- Betye Saar -- Augusta Savage -- Bob Thompson -- Charles White -- Michael Kelly Williams -- William T. Williams -- Ellis Wilson -- John Wilson -- Hale Woodruff -- Richard Yarde.
ISBN
  • 1881450236
  • 9781881450238
LCCN
2005928366
OCLC
  • ocm64627769
  • 64627769
  • SCSB-1384502
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library