(HARMON FOUNDATION) Exhibit of Fine Arts by American Negroes

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(HARMON FOUNDATION.) Exhibit of Fine Arts by American Negroes. Six exhibit booklets. Illustrated. Uniform small 8vos; original pictorial wrappers; some light soil to the covers, one cover with an early tape repair, otherwise in very good condition. New York, 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1933; 1935

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A rare, complete run [there was no exhibit catalogue for 1932] of these booklets representing a virtual who's who of major African-American artists. Founded by real-estate magnate William E. Harmon (1862-1928). The Foundation was set up in 1922 to recognize and reward achievement by African-Americans in art, literature, technology, and science. An award of $400.00 was given to the winners in each category. In 1928 the first exhibit of art was mounted. There were six subsequent exhibits, some of them traveling around the country.