The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art

University of Washington Press, 1999. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good . 10x0x11. Signed by Significant Other . Signed by the collector Walter O. Evans. Walter O. Evans, MD (1943) is a philanthropist, collector, and surgeon. Dr. Evans has spent over forty years collecting materials–including artwork, manuscripts, books, and artifacts–related to the African American experience. Signed copies rarely offered. Features a broad selection of outstanding works from Dr. Walter O. Evans private collection. 80 color plates illustrate the aesthetic legacy created by African American artist over more than 150 years. The Walter O. Evans Foundation for Art and Literature was formed in 1997; however, the concept originated in the late 1970s when Evans began collecting African American art and literature for the initial purpose of educating his children with the kinds of art and materials not available in the nation's public institutions. The group's traveling exhibition consists of approximately 85 works of original African American art and has toured continuously since February 1991. African American Masters features a diverse selection of works from the exhibition, highlighting such acclaimed artists as Sargent Claude Johnson, Lois Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Archibald Motley, and Romare Bearden. Artists featured in the calendar include: JAN Sargent Claude Johnson (Cubist Bird) FEB Lois Mailou Jones (Country Scene) MAR Clementine Hunter (Funeral Procession) APR Edward Mitchell Bannister (Streamside) MAY Robert Blackburn (The Mirror) JUN Robert Scott Duncanson (Chapultepec Castle) JUL Jacob Lawrence (Ices I)AUG Archibald J. Motley (The Plotters) SEP William A. Harper (Staircase) OCT Romare Bearden (The Black Man in the Making of America) NOV Charles Ethan Porter (Autumn Landscape) DEC Romare Bearden (Jazz Rhapsody).