<I>The Art and Color of Design</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1951
name: label: Written by
content: Maitland E. Graves, American, 1902 - 1978
label: Published by
content: McGraw-Hill Book Company, founded 1917
label: Owned by
content: Loïs Mailou Jones, American, 1905 - 1998
label: Signed by
content: Loïs Mailou Jones, American, 1905 - 1998
notes: label: Description
content: Hardcover edition of "The Art of Color and Design" with tan and brown binding. On the front cover the title [The ART of / COLOR and / DESIGN] is printed in dark brown within parallel lines that wrap around to the spine. Below this is [MAITLAND GRAVES] printed in dark brown. The reverse of the front cover has a black and white bookplate with three images of Lois Mailou Jones which reads [LOIS JONES / PIERRE-NOEL / EX LIBRIS].The title and author are on the upper spine. On the lower spine is [McGRAW -HILL / BOOK COMPANY / SECOND / EDITION]. The back cover has [24119] printed in the lower right corner. The book has 439 glossy pages of text. The reverse of the last blank glossy page has a design grid created by the author adhered to the page with masking tape along the top edge. The book has handwritten inscriptions.
title: label: Title
content: Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.26.5.18
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Maitland Graves
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 13/16 × 7 9/16 × 1 1/8 in. (25 × 19.2 × 2.9 cm)