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African-American Artists, 1929-1945: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

African-American Artists, 1929–1945: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Messinger, Lisa Mintz, Lisa Gail Collins, and Rachel Mustalish

2003

92 pages

57 illustrations

This title is out of print.

Table of contents

About the authors

Praise

Sponsor's Statement
Director's Foreword
Acknowledgments

Introduction
Lisa Mintz Messinger

Catalogue

Introductions: Lisa Mintz Messinger

Catalogue Entries: Lisa Gail Collins

1. Cultural Heritage and Identity
2. Faces
3. The South
4. The North
5. Religion
6. Labor
7. Recreation
8. War

Printmaking Techniques of the WPA Printmakers
Rachel Mustalish

Met Art in Publication

July Hay, Thomas Hart Benton American, Egg tempera, methyl cellulose, and oil on Masonite — July Hay
Thomas Hart Benton
1943

The Bowery, Reginald Marsh American, Tempera on Masonite — The Bowery
Reginald Marsh
1930

Cauliflower and Pumpkin, Loïs Mailou Jones American, Oil on canvas — Cauliflower and Pumpkin
Loïs Mailou Jones
1938

Street in Kairouan, Tunisia, William Henry Johnson American, Watercolor over graphite on paper (recto); watercolor over graphite on paper (verso) — Street in Kairouan, Tunisia
William Henry Johnson
ca. 1932

Still Life with Fetish, Wilmer Angier Jennings American, Wood engraving — Still Life with Fetish
Wilmer Angier Jennings
1937

Two Figures, David Ross American, Woodcut — Two Figures
David Ross
1938

Hope for the Future, Charles Wilbert White American, Lithograph — Hope for the Future
Charles Wilbert White
1945

Self-Portrait II, Horace Pippin American, Oil on canvas, adhered to cardboard — Self-Portrait II
Horace Pippin
1944

Self-Portrait with Hat and Pipe, Albert A. Smith American, Lithograph — Self-Portrait with Hat and Pipe
Albert A. Smith
1929

Robert Blackburn, Ronald Joseph American, Lithograph — Robert Blackburn
Ronald Joseph
ca. 1937

Young Buck, Hale Woodruff American, Linocut — Young Buck
Hale Woodruff
ca. 1938

Self-Portrait, Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr. American, Watercolor over graphite on paper — Self-Portrait
Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr.
ca. 1941

The Fortune-teller, Elmer W. Brown American, Linocut — The Fortune-teller
Elmer W. Brown
ca. 1940s

Kitchen Scene, Yellow House, Bill Traylor American, Graphite and colored pencil on cardboard, American — Kitchen Scene, Yellow House
Bill Traylor
ca. 1939–42

Going Home, Hale Woodruff American, Linocut — Going Home
Hale Woodruff
1935

Deserted House, Charles Henry Alston American, Lithograph — Deserted House
Charles Henry Alston
ca. 1938

"Lovers", Ernest Crichlow American, Lithograph — "Lovers"
Ernest Crichlow
1938

Sunday Morning, Dox Thrash American, Drypoint — Sunday Morning
Dox Thrash
WPA
ca. 1939

Southern Barbecue, Raymond Steth American, Lithograph — Southern Barbecue
Raymond Steth
ca. 1940

The Photographer, Jacob Lawrence American, Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper — The Photographer
Jacob Lawrence
1942

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Collins, Lisa Gail, Rachel Mustalish, and Lisa Mintz Messinger. 2003. African-American Artists, 1929-1945: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art [Exhibition, January 15-May 4, 2003]. New York [New Haven (Conn.)]: the Metropolitan museum of art Yale university press.