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Lot 196
Sale 1344 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
May 31, 2024
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Live / Cincinnati
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$800 -
1,200
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$889
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Lot Description
[ART]. LOCKE, [LeRoy] Alain. The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art. Washington, DC: Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1940.
4to. Frontispiece; numerous illustrations. Original gilt-stamped green cloth (some spotting/staining to cover, spine faded; some toning to front and rear pastedowns). Ownership inscription stamped on front and rear pastedowns.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATED PRINTING (December 1940). The first full-length study of Black artists by Howard University Professor and key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Alain Locke (1885-1954).