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Instill & inspire : the John & Vivian Hewitt collection of African-American art

Title
Instill & inspire : the John & Vivian Hewitt collection of African-American art / text by Grace C. Stanislaus ; foreword by Jonathan Green.
ISBN
9780822945048
0822945045
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]
Physical Description
xiv, 152 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Summary
"The John and Vivian Hewitt Collection of African-American Art represents works that celebrate the expression and passion of twenty artists, including Romare Bearden, Margaret Burroughs, Jonathan Green, Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, Ann Tanksley, and Henry Ossawa Tanner. This book contains all fifty-eight works from the collection, exquisitely reproduced in full color. Grace C. Stanislaus provides a text on the significance of the collection that is supplemented by interviews with Vivian Hewitt, David Taylor of the Gantt Center, art collectors Harmon and Harriett Kelley, and Nancy Washington"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Instill and inspire
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 13, 2017
Contents
Foreword : The Social and Cultural Consciousness of Collecting and Exhibiting African American Visual Art / by Jonathan Green
Acknowledgments
A Historical Narrative of African American Patronage of the Arts through the Lens of the John and Vivian Hewitt Collection / by Grace C. Stanislaus
The John and Vivian Hewitt Collection of African American Art
A Passion for Collecting : The John and Vivian Hewitt Story
Collectors' Perspectives. Dr. Walter O. and Mrs. Linda Evans
Dr. Harmon and Mrs. Harriet Kelley
Nancy Washington
The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture and the John and Vivian Hewitt Collection of African American Art / by David R. Taylor.
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