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Jacob Lawrence American Painter
by Wheat, Ellen Harkins (with contribution by Patricia Hill)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Brown polished cloth lettered in gilt. discreet owner's signature on flyleaf, otherwise a mint copy in dust jacket
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About This Item
Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, in association with the Seattle Art Museum, 1986. First edition. Frontispiece portrait of Jacob Lawrence, and numerous reproductions of his paintings in color and black and white. 1 vols. 4to. Brown polished cloth lettered in gilt. discreet owner's signature on flyleaf, otherwise a mint copy in dust jacket. First edition. Frontispiece portrait of Jacob Lawrence, and numerous reproductions of his paintings in color and black and white. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed to Bob Blackburn. This copy is inscribed boldy by Lawrence on the title page to his friend and fellow black Harlem artist: "To: - Bob Blackburn - much respect! Jake 1987."
At 13 Blackburn began attending classes at the Harlem Arts Community Center operated by the WPA's Federal Art Project, studying with Charles Alston and Augusta Savage, among others. At the Harlem Art Community Center Blackburn met Ronald Joseph, who was his classmate. Here he met Jake Lawrence.
At 13 Blackburn began attending classes at the Harlem Arts Community Center operated by the WPA's Federal Art Project, studying with Charles Alston and Augusta Savage, among others. At the Harlem Art Community Center Blackburn met Ronald Joseph, who was his classmate. Here he met Jake Lawrence.
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- Seller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 19360
- Title
- Jacob Lawrence American Painter
- Author
- Wheat, Ellen Harkins (with contribution by Patricia Hill)
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece portrait of Jacob Lawrence, and numerous reproductions of his paintings in color and black and white. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Brown polished cloth lettered in gilt. discreet owner's signature on flyleaf, otherwise a mint copy in dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press, in association with the Seattle Art Museum
- Place of Publication
- Seattle and London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Black | Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Art, Architecture & Design;
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