Collecting African American Art: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

by John Hope Franklin, Alivia J. Wardlaw, Alvia J. Wardlaw

Book Overview

This important book showcases institutional and private efforts to collect, document, and preserve African American art in American's fourth largest city, Houston, Texas. Eminent historian John Hope Franklin's essay reveals his passionate commitment to collect African American art, while curator Alvia J. Wardlaw discusses works by Robert S. Duncanson, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Horace Pippen, and Bill Traylor as well as pieces by contemporary artists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300152914
• ISBN13: 9780300152913
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Museum Fine Arts Houston
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.8"