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Walter O. Evans collection of African American art

Title
Walter O. Evans collection of African American art / foreword by Les Payne ; essays by Leslie King-Hammond, Barbara A. Hudson, Selden Rodman, Shirley Woodson ; curated by Shirley Woodson.
Publication
Savannah, Ga. : Beach Institute, King-Tisdell Museum, 1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Evans, Walter O.
  • Payne, Les
  • King-Hammond, Leslie, 1944-
  • Hudson, Barbara A.
  • Rodman, Selden, 1909-2002
  • Woodson, Shirley
  • King-Tisdell Museum, host institution.
Description
93 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
Summary
A major collection with works by: Herman Kofi Bailey, Edward M. Bannister, Richmond Barthé, Romare Bearden, Wilson Bigaud, Margaret Burroughs, William S. Carter, Elizabeth Catlett, Eldzier Cortor, Irene Clark, Aaron Douglas, Gervais Ducasse, Eugene James Martin, Bob Thompson, Michael Kelly Williams, et al.
Subjects
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.
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
  • ocm27080273
  • 27080273
  • SCSB-1967675
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library