Black Art: Ancestral Legacy. The African Impulse In African American Art
Hardbound
1989 · Dallas, Tx / New York
by Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, Tx / New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. Second printing. Hardbound. VG- (light aging to upper text block, previous owner's name inside front cover, pages are otherwise clean. No dust jacket). Black cloth boards with gilt lettering, 305 pp. 139 color, numerous bw plates. Provides terrific color plates and insightful essays by the following: David C. Driskell (Introduction); Edmund Barry Gaither (Heritage Reclaimed: An Historical Perspective and Chronology); Regina A. Perry (African Art and African-American Art: A Stylistic and Spiritual Kinship); Alvia J. Wardlaw (A Spiritual Libation: Promoting An African Heritage in The Black College); William Ferris (Black Art: Making The Picture From Memory); Ute Stebich (Black Art In The Caribbean); Robert Farris Thompson (The Song That Names The Land: The Visionary Presence of African-American Art). The catalogue that follows is divided into four sections,and is followed by a most important artist biography section.Selected bibliography. A wonderful reference. (Inventory #: 6497)