The Afro-American tradition in decorative arts / John Michael Vlach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vlach, John Michael, 1948-

Contributor:

Cleveland Museum of Art, host institution.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American art--Exhibitions.

African American art.

African American art--African influences--Exhibitions.

African American art--European influences--Exhibitions.

African American art--European influences.

African American art--African influences.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, xii, 175 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm

Distribution:

Kent, Ohio : Distributed by Kent State University Press.

Place of Publication:

Cleveland : The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.

Contents:

1. Basketry

2. Musical Instruments

3. Wood Carving

4. Quilting

5. Pottery

6. Boatbuilding

7. Blacksmithing

8. Architecture

9. Graveyard Decoration.

Notes:

Text printed in two columns.

Catalog of an exhibition held February 1-April 2, 1978 at the Cleveland Museum of Art and at 6 other museums from May to December 1979.

"Design by Merald E. Wrolstad."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy 2 has embossed stamp "JB Libray of Joanna Banks".

Banks Collection copy 2 has photocopies of new preface by John Michael Vlach to the Brown Thrasher Edition (pages (vii-xvi) published in 1990 laid in.

Banks Collection copy 2 has pictures from Washington Post Magazine laid in.

ISBN:

0910386390 :

OCLC:

3608807