Author:
Jenkins, Earnestine, author.
ImprintMemphis, Tennessee : Dixon Gallery and Gardens ; New Haven : in association with Yale University Press, [2021]
Description167 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Note:"This publication was produced in conjunction with the exhibition Black Artists in America: From the Great Depression to Civil Rights, on view at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, from October 17, 2021, through January 2, 2022."--Colophon.
Note:Foreword and acknowledgments / Kevin Sharp -- Black artists in America : From the Great Depression to Civil Rights -- Augusta Savage in Paris : African themes and the Black female body -- Walter Augustus Simon : abstract expressionist, art educator, and art historian -- Catalogue of the exhibition.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Through more than fifty paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, Black Artists in America explores the various ways in which African American artists responded to the political, social, and economic climate of the United States from the time of the Great Depression through the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision."-- Provided by publisher.
