AFRICAN AMERICAN Art History Ephemera BERNARD KINSEY Collection SIGNED BOOK 2006

Description

Title: In the Hands of African American Collectors: The Personal Treasures of Bernard & Shirley Kinsey
This book has been inscribed and signed by Bernard Kinsey on the title page
Author:
Bernard and Shirley Kinsey; Evelyn Carter, Jill Moniz and Christopher Jimenez y West; Dr. Gary Nash and Dr. Rita Roberts
Publisher:
California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California
Copyright Date and Edition: 2006, likely first and only printing
ISBN:
0978981820. 9780978981822
Exhibition:
California African American Museum, Los Angeles
Pages:
111 pages
Format, Size:
Softcover, 8 1/2" by 11"
Language:
English
Illustrations:
full-color plates of the featured artworks
Catalog issued in conjunction with the 2006 exhibition of The Personal Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, held at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Featured are approximately 100 pieces of "tangible objects that are evidence of African American history" -- paintings, sculptures, prints, books, historical documents, manuscripts and vintage photographs. Catalogue has these sections: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade; American Slavery; Landscapes; Harlem Renaissance; The Next Generation; Postmodernism.
Some of the featured items include:
Goree Island Rock; Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African, in Two Volumes; Handwritten Slave Document (1832); Union Soldier Daguerreotype; Hand-colored Photograph of a Young Boy; paintings by Henry Ossawa Tanner, Lois Mailou Jones, William Pajaud, and others; prints by Hale Woodruff, Margaret Burroughs, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, and others; etc.
Includes essays by the curators, the collectors, and scholars. Concludes with Biographic Briefs for Authors Identified.
Condition: Very good used condition
, coming from a smoke-free, pet-free environment. Binding tight, pages complete and intact (no writing except for collector's (Bernard Kinsey) inscription and signature on the title page, pages and text block have very minor age toning), covers have general light wear (minor corner and edge wear, sunning, general light surface wear).
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