<I>The Weary Blues</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1926; published 1929
name: label: Written by
content: Langston Hughes, American, 1902 - 1967
label: Published by
content: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
label: Written by
content: Carl Van Vechten, American, 1880 - 1964
label: Illustrated by
content: Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican, 1904 - 1957
label: Owned by
content: William H. Johnson, American, 1901 - 1970
label: Signed by
content: Langston Hughes, American, 1902 - 1967
notes: label: Description
content: A hardback, fifth edition printing of The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes, inscribed to William H. Johnson. The volume has a paper dustjacket featuring artwork by Miguel Covarrubias of a silhouette illustration of a man playing a piano in black against a red and yellow background. At the top is printed [THE WEARY / BLUES] in black text. At bottom is printed [By / LANGSTON HUGHES] in yellow text. The front endpage has a handwritten inscription in black ink to William H. Johnson from Langston Hughes reading [To William H. Johnson - / creator of beauty - / my poems, / Sincerely, / Langston Hughes / New York, April 25, 1930].
label: Description
content: The volume includes an introduction written by Carl Van Vechten titled [Introducing Langston Hughes to the Reader] and includes the poems "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Dream Variation," "Mother to Son," and "Weary Blues," among others. There are 109 pages.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
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content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gerta Harriton in memory of Helen and David Harriton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.10ab
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1/2 in. (19.1 × 14 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (book closed): 7 5/8 × 5 3/8 × 9/16 in. (19.4 × 13.7 × 1.4 cm)