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“African American masters: highlights from the Smithsonian Art Museum” by Gwen Everett

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“This is an accessible, reader-friendly introduction to 20th-century, African-American art, illustrated with works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and published to accompany a touring exhibition. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is the nation's greatest repository of African-American art, and the works represented in this catalog range from pioneer works created early in the century to important pieces from the Harlem Renaissance, to modern and contemporary selections.”

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See also:

http://bit.ly/13xy73H

http://americanart.si.edu/

http://www.art.howard.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/gwen-everett-ph-d/

The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute. If you are interested in having access to them, you can check their availability in the catalog of the library

African American masters [Print] : highlights from the Smithsonian Art Museum / Gwen Everett. —New York: Harry N. Abrams; [Washington, DC] : Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2003.

108 pages : ill. ; 25cm

ISBN-0 8109-4511-8

N6538 .N5 E94 2003

R. 201162785