Between worlds : the art of Bill Traylor / Leslie Umberger ; with an introduction by Kerry James Mar...
Between worlds : the art of Bill Traylor / Leslie Umberger ; with an introduction by Kerry James Mar...
Between worlds : the art of Bill Traylor / Leslie Umberger ; with an introduction by Kerry James Marshall.
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Publisher
Washington, DC : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Call Numbers
GQ 2018/1121
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Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
444 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Lenders to the exhibition -- Director's foreword -- Preface -- Notes to the reader -- The beatitudes of Bill Traylor / Kerry James Marshall -- Prologue. The life of Bill Traylor : Nineteenth-century Alabama and the world of Bill Traylor's parents -- Bill Traylor's adult life and family, 1880-1949. T...
Publication information
Publisher
Washington, DC : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
[2018]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Bill Traylor (ca. 1853-1949) is regarded today as one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century. A black man born into slavery in Alabama, he was an eyewitness to history--the Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow segregation, the Great Migration, and the steady rise of African American urban culture in the South....
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Full title
Between worlds : the art of Bill Traylor / Leslie Umberger ; with an introduction by Kerry James Marshall.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, September 28, 2018-March 17, 2019"--Page after title page.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2018/1121
Record Identifier
74VKVQQ8ppoy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQQ8ppoy
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ISBN
0691182671 hardcover
9780691182674 hardcover
DDC
709.0409
MMS ID
991024198716502626
