(ART) Exhibition of Negro Artists of Chicago

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Sale 2697 - Lot 32

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(ART.) Exhibition of Negro Artists of Chicago. 4 pages, 11 x 8 inches, on one folding sheet; light stain on front page, minimal wear. Washington: Howard University Gallery of Art, 1 February 1941

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Catalogue of an exhibition held in Washington, in honor of Negro History Week and the 75th anniversary of the 13th Amendment. Includes illustrations of works by George Neal, Eldzier Cortor and Joseph Kersey; an introduction by Norman MacLeish; and a catalogue of works (Charles White makes an early appearance). 2 in OCLC, and one other traced at auction (Swann sale, 21 February 2008, lot 87).

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