Painting Harlem modern : the art of Jacob Lawrence / Patricia Hills.

Author/creator Hills, Patricia
Other author Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000.
Other author Getty Foundation.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Descriptionx, 354 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Subjects

Contents The artist's place in Harlem. Harlem's artistic community in the 1930s ; Patrons and the making of a professional artist -- Themes and issues. African American storytelling: Toussaint L'Ouverture and Harriet Tubman ; The great migration in memory, pictures, and text ; Confrontations with the Jim Crow South in the 1940s ; Home in Harlem: tenements and streets ; The double consciousness of masks and masking ; The paintings of the protest years, 1955-70 ; Epilogue ; Acknowledgments ; Appendix: Jacob Armstead Lawrence and his family.
General note"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Prelim. p.
General note"Published with the assistance of the Getty Foundation."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index.
LCCN 2009022224
ISBN9780520252417 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520252411 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks ND237.L29 H55 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold