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LOCKE, Alain. The Negro in Art. 1940. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY LOCKE TO NOEL
LOCKE, Alain. The Negro in Art. 1940. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY LOCKE TO NOEL
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LOCKE, Alain. The Negro in Art. Washington, D.C.: Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1940.

4to. Frontispiece; numerous illustrations. Original gilt-stamped green cloth (slightly leaned, spine faded). Provenance: Noël Sullivan (presentation inscription).

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY LOCKE TO SULLIVAN: ”To Noel Sullivan in grateful remembrance of an old friendship and a recent visit, Alain Locke, 1944.” The first full-length study of Black artists by Howard University Professor and key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Alain Locke.
Fine African Americana from the Collections of Noël Sullivan & William P. and Alice D. Mahoney
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LOCKE, Alain. The Negro in Art. 1940. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY LOCKE TO NOEL

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