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Palm Beach (?), Florida: John H Surovek, 2010. Softbound. VG+ (uncreased spine, a lovely collection; may be signed by collector on first page.). White & color illus. wraps.127 pp., color plates. Showcases this collection of "the Negro subject in American Art. Why this became the focus of my collecting is still a mystery to me," says John H. Surovek. "I knew no one else (except Bill Cosby) who collected in the genre, and therefore, it presented no conflict with the purchases I was making on behalf of my patrons, clients and friends. In fact, the more I learned, the more I realized that the Negro subject was almost completely overlooked. It didn't take much to see that most of the painters in nineteenth and twentieth century America were white, but they regularly painted Negro subjects, sometimes in what were their masterpieces. Yet, there was absolutely no scholarship on the topic. In my years as a museum director I never once ran across a study that addressed the significance or important of the…
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Painted Black (The John H Surovek Collection) Unknown - 2010
by Surovek, John H.; Cory Surovek; Adams, Wayman, Et Al
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- Title Painted Black (The John H Surovek Collection)
- Author Surovek, John H.; Cory Surovek; Adams, Wayman, Et Al
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- Publisher John H Surovek, Palm Beach (?), Florida
- Date 2010
- ISBN 9780615428079
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Painted Black : The John H Surovek Collection
by Surovek, John H. and Cory Surovek
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Painted Black: the John H. Surovek Collection
by Various Artists. Foreword by John Surovek
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Private Printing. New. N.D.. First Edition; First Printing. Lg Trade PB, illus.. 061542807X . Book New. NO markings of ANY kind. ; Square Small 4to tall; 127 pages; Ships in a box, USA .
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