Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists Tapa dura - 1996

Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Spelman College and Rizzoli International Publications, 1996. Cloth, 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Fort Wayne Museum of Art February 1 to March 30, 1997. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Twenty-five of the most outstanding African American women artists have contributed their work to the exhibition 'Bearing Witness,' celebrating the opening of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art and the 115th anniversary of the college. Works in all mediums are included here - paintings, sculptures, fiber art, mixed mediums, and prints - created by some of today's most exceptional artists, among them Lorna Simpson, Faith Ringgold, Carrie Mae Weems, and Betye Saar. Because of its history as the first institution of higher learning for black women, Spelman… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Rizzoli, 1996-07-15. Hardcover. Like New. 11x8x0. [From the library of Dr. Ralph Gomes, Howard University.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> Dr. Gomes was a professor at Howard University for 49 years in sociology and criminology. He was also a former Olympic athlete, representing Guyana in the 1960 Rome summer Olympics. Besides his scholarly work, Gomes was active in the black liberation movement. He had an impressive and deep collection of black art, historical advertising and iconography that spoke of the passage of black people and how they sought to record their life stories. His collection spanned from slavery, to antebellum life, to Jim Crow, to the Harlem Renaissance, to sport, to the civil rights movement. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Rizzoli, 1996-07-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!