The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art

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A hard cover, string bound book. The front cover is green fabric with gold lettering. The lettering forms a half circle pattern and reads: [The Negro In Art]. The title page in black type reads: [The Negro In Art / A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art / Edited and Annotated By / Alain Locke / Author of “Negro Art: Past and Present”]. The page to the left of the title page contains a color depiction of a woman sitting down with her proper right hand resting against her face. A child hugs her waist. The caption underneath the depiction reads: [“Mother And Child. By Sargent Johnson, Albert W Bender Collection, San Francisco Museum of Art]. The interior pages, 224 in total, are white paper with black type.

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