Collecting African American art
Subtitle: the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
By: John Hope Franklin and Alvia J. Wardlaw.
Contributors: Wardlaw, Alvia J.; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Houston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780300152913
Subjects: African American art -- Collectors and collecting -- Texas -- Houston -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "Celebrating an important aspect of cultural history, this book showcases the institutional and private efforts to collect, document, and preserve African American art in Houston during the 20th and 21st centuries"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Published to commemorate the exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Aug. 3-Oct. 26, 2008.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Peter C. Marzio; title: Acknowledgments; title: Reflections on a century of change in American art and life / John Hope Franklin African; title: Houston collects : African American art / Alvia J. Wardlaw; title: Copyright and photography credits.