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Me and Uncle Romie : a story inspired by the life and art of Romare Bearden / by Claire Hartfield ; paintings by Jerome Lagarrigue.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.H2625 Me 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hartfield, Claire, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988--Juvenile fiction.
- Bearden, Romare.
- Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988--Fiction.
- Artists--Fiction.
- Uncles--Fiction.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
- Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [40] pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Dial Books for Young Readers New York, 2002.
- Summary:
- A boy from North Carolina spends the summer in New York City visiting the neighborhood of Harlem, where his uncle, collage artist Romare Bearden, grew up. Includes a biographical sketch of Bearden and instructions on making a story collage.
- Notes:
- "Designed by Kimi Weart."; title page verso.
- "Text set in Folio."; title page verso.
- "The art was created using acrylic paint and collage elements."; title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0803725205
- 9780803725201
- OCLC:
- 42061014
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