<I>The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1940
name: label: Written by
content: Alain LeRoy Locke, American, 1885 - 1954
label: Published by
content: Associates in Negro Folk Education, American, 1935 - 1942
notes: label: Description
content: A hard cover, string bound book. The front cover is green fabric with gold lettering. The lettering forms a half circle pattern and reads: [The Negro In Art]. The title page in black type reads: [The Negro In Art / A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art / Edited and Annotated By / Alain Locke / Author of “Negro Art: Past and Present”]. The page to the left of the title page contains a color depiction of a woman sitting down with her proper right hand resting against her face. A child hugs her waist. The caption underneath the depiction reads: [“Mother And Child. By Sargent Johnson, Albert W Bender Collection, San Francisco Museum of Art]. The interior pages, 224 in total, are white paper with black type.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Literature
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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)
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
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: 2011.158.7
objectType: label: Type
content: books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: ©1940 Associates in Negro Folk Education
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cloth on cardboard , paper (fiber product) and ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Closed): 12 3/16 × 9 5/16 × 1 in. (31 × 23.7 × 2.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Open): 12 3/16 × 19 × 1 in. (31 × 48.3 × 2.5 cm)