(ART) Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro Assembl

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(ART.) Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro . . . Assembled by the American Negro Exposition. [13] pages including rear wrapper. 4to, 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, original illustrated wrappers, minimal wear. Chicago, 4 July 1940

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The catalog for the Tanner Art Galleries exhibition in conjunction with Chicago's American Negro Exposition. The front wrapper is illustrated with a piece by Charles White, and inside are 16 other black and white illustrations of works by Robert Duncanson, Frederic Flemister, Eldzier Cortor, Marvin Smith, William Carter, Hales Woodruff, Jacob Lawrence, Loïs Mailou Jones, E. Simms Campbell, Donald Reid, Robert Blackburn, Elizabeth Catlett, Richmond Barthé, Sargent Johnson and Joseph Kersey. More than 300 individual pieces are listed for this historic exhibition, which Alain Locke describes in the preface as the "most comprehensive and representative collection of the Negro's art that has ever been presented to public view."