TEN NEGRO ARTISTS FROM THE UNITED STATES
Hale Woodruff (foreword)
Hale Woodruff [foreword]; Denise and Michel Bertheir [translators]: TEN NEGRO ARTISTS FROM THE UNITED STATES [First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar, Senegal, 1966 /Dix Artistes Negres Des Etats-Unis: Premier Festival Mondial Des Arts Negres, Dakar, Senegal, 1966]. NYC: United States Committee for the First World Festival of Negro Arts, Inc., And National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution / Distributed By October House, Inc., 1966. First edition. Parallel texts in English and French. A near-fine softcover book in stiff, printed wrappers. Interior unmarked and very clean. Cover reproduces Todd Williams, "No. 19: Coney Island." Out-of-print and uncommon. 8 x 8.25 softcover exhibition catalogue serving as a Companion volume to the United States component of the First World Festival of Negro Arts, held at Dakar, Senegal, in 1966.
Each of these ten artists receives a biography, black-and-white photographic portrait, and checklist of works:
- Barbara Chase-Riboud
- Emilio Cruz
- Sam Gilliam
- Richard Hunt
- Jacob Lawrence
- William Majors
- Norma Morgan
- Robert Reid
- Charles White
- Todd Williams.
- The designer Joseph Lawe, who designed the catalogue, is also included.
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