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Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists
128 pp.
| Abrams |
March, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-8109-4527-4$$24.95
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4-6
Approximately thirty African-American artists are highlighted in this well-organized book. In clear prose, the author gives us a survey of two hundred years of African-American fine art, devoting equal attention to biography and art history. Reproductions of works are accompanied by excellent brief critiques. Illustration credits, notes, reading list. Glos., ind.