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The Philadelphia Negro reconsidered : being an archival folio of eighteen silkscreen prints / arranged and composed by Terry Adkins after W. E. B. Du Bois.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adkins, Terry, 1953-2014, artist.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Philadelphia Negro.
- Du Bois, W. E. B.
- African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Pictorial works.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions--Pictorial works.
- Artists' books--Specimens.
- Artists' books.
- Genre:
- Artists' books.
- Screen prints.
- Pictorial maps.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adkins, Terry, 1953-2014 (autograph) (RBC copy)
- Common Press (donor)
- University of Pennsylvania. Kelly Writers House (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 1 portfolio (19 sheets) : chiefly color illustrations, 54 x 44 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Common Press, 2012.
- Notes:
- In and edition of 18 copies.
- "Compiled, edited, printed and produced by Marc Blumthal, Matthew Neff, and IvancoTalevski in an exclusive limited edition of eighteen folios."--Inside front cover.
- "Recontextualizes the color-coded mapping statistics having been gathered, analyzed, and interpreted by Du Bois in his colossal, pioneering study in sociological field research on Black American urban life in the seventh ward of Philadelphia. ... The findings were originally published as 'The Philadelphia Negro' by the University of Pennsylvania Press in the year 1899. Rescaled and superimposed herein without the original text designations."--Inside front cover.
- "Enclosed with an imaginary interview with W. E. B. Du Bois by Tukufu Zuberi, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Sociology and Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations."--Inside front cover.
- Housed in a black cloth clamshell container. Title and image on front cover.
- Title and statement of responsibility from inside front cover.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy is number 9 of 18 copies.
- RBC copy is signed by the artist.
- OCLC:
- 1128867005
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