first edition
1931 · New York
by (Harmon Foundation) LOCKE, Alain, A.A. Schomburg, et al.
New York: Harmon Foundation Incorporated, 1931. First edition. Softcover. 47 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 16 - 28, 1931. Features text contributions by AA. Schomburg, Alain Locke, Ernestine Rose, James V. Herring, and Alon Bement. Includes a checklist, brief biographies and illustrations of works by: James Lesene Wells, Lillian A. Dorsey, Sargent Claude Johnson, Albert Alexander Smith, Archibald John Motley, Jr. , James Latimer Allen, Malvin Gray Johnson, William Arthur Cooper, Richmond Barthe, and numerous others. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. A very nice copy of an early catalog on the work of African American artists. (truncated)