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Facing History: The Black Image in American Art, 1710-1940
by McElroy, Guy C
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0938491385
- ISBN 13
- 9780938491385
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Bedford Arts, Publishers in Association with The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1990 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. Dust Jacket Condition: l, 140 pp, lenders to the exhibition, director's foreword, acknowledgments, Introduction: Race and Representation by Guy C. McElroy; The Face and Voice of Blackness by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Checklist to Illustrations; Note to the Reader; Facing History: Entries (The Color Plates); selected bibliography, index, photography credits with numerous b&w illustrations in text. "The complex relationship between race and representation in American Art created between 1710 and 1940 can be thought of as an attempt by American society to fabricate a set of images of the African-American that objectified her or his status. The majority of images included in this book represents blacks as, first, slaves, and , second, cipers whose semblance to actual historical persons cannot by recognized. Public policy decisions affecting Aftican-Americans were often predicated upon such fictitious black citizenry creted by white painters, sculptors, writers, and illustrators, rawther than on the face and voice created by their black contemporaries." Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Price clipped. Only the slightest wear to dj, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Tan cloth with gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003689
- Title
- Facing History: The Black Image in American Art, 1710-1940
- Author
- McElroy, Guy C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0938491385
- ISBN 13
- 9780938491385
- Publisher
- Bedford Arts, Publishers in Association with The Corcoran Gallery of Art
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- ART HISTORY AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY RACE AND REPRESENTATION BLACK IMAGE IN ART 1710-1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- ART HISTORY;
- Size
- Folio
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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