visions stone sculpture william edmondson de fuller edmund (5 résultats)

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. First Printing of 2000 copies in originial $14.95-priced dust jacket, Ex-Library with the usual markings, jacket affixed to book at rear pastedown but otherwise unattached to book, jacket rubbed with slight edge wear, contents Fine, pages unmarked, clean tight copy of scarce book featuring the work of the first African-American "folk art" sculptor to exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art; 4to; 124pp illus.

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Hardcover. Black cloth. xi, 123 pp. 108 bw plates. A black sculptor from the Nashville, Tenn. area whose works reflect a primitive, highly folk quality. He was the first Black artist to be given a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art, in 1937. Photographs by Edward Weston. Scarce! VG/VG- light wear to DJ previous owner's inkstamp with three lines of small inked text on ffep. Very nice copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. 8 3/4 X 10 5/8 Inches. 123 PP. The son of former slaves on a plantation outside of Nashville, William Edmondson became the first African-American to have his own show at the Museum of Modern Art (October 20 - December 1, 1937). Edmondson had no formal education at all and claimed his work with stone was simply his following the calling that God put in his heart. He worked on the railroad and later as a custodian in Nashville after his folks died and he left Compton Plantation. It wasn't until he was about 60 years old that he began carving stone. His career lasted about 15 years and yielded around 300 pieces it is estimated. One of 2000 copies produced, this copy retains the original price of $14.95 on the front flap. Signed by the author Edmund Fuller directly on the title-page. Includes a 1981 brochure from "The Edmondson Retrospective" held at the Tennessee State Museum and the an original mailing card to same event. We suppose this is where the book was signed by Fuller, but his name is not on the speakers list. From the private collection of Ms. Dolores Nicholson, Nashville teacher and African-American historian. Dolores wrote a number of biographies for the highly acclaimed "Notable Black American Women, Book II, " edited by Jessie Carney Smith. Her personal blindstamp on two internal pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First edition. Photographs by Edward Weston. Quarto. 123pp. Illustrated with 108 plates. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a bit of rubbing. First serious book about this important sculptor who was discovered late in life to much acclaim. He was the first African-American folk artist to be given a one-person exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.