Art : African American / Samella Lewis Scripps College, of The Claremont College.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Lewis, Samella S.

Contributor:

• Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000.
• Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• African American art.
• African American artists--Biography--History and criticism.
• African Americans in art.
• African American artists--Biography.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

• Banks, Joanna (donor) (inscription) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)
• Lewis, Samella S. (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1978]

Contents:

• 1619-1865 Cultural Deprivation and Slavery
• 1865-1920 Emancipation and Cultural Dilemma
• 1920-1945 New Americanism and Ethnic Identity
• 1940-1960 Social and Political Awareness
• 1960-1970s Political and Cultural Awareness.

Notes:

• "Cover: Samella Lewis, Royal Sacrifice, 1969. Oil, 36" x 24" ..."
• Foreword by Jacob Lawrence.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.

Local Notes:

• Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
• Banks Collection copy inscribed "To: Joanna Banks. With Good Wishes. Samella Lewis 1-11-93".
• Banks Collection copy has embossed stamp "JB Library of Joanna Banks".

ISBN:

0155034103

OCLC:

4210912