The Books On Black Art History

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Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy
Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy 4.26 avg rating — 381 ratings
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African Art
African Art 3.80 avg rating — 108 ratings
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The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire
The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Colored Pictures: Race and Visual Representation
Colored Pictures: Race and Visual Representation 3.78 avg rating — 40 ratings
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African Art in Motion
African Art in Motion 4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present
Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present 4.49 avg rating — 75 ratings
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A History of Art in Africa
A History of Art in Africa 3.96 avg rating — 102 ratings
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A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present
A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present 4.76 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Jacob Lawrence: American Painter
Jacob Lawrence: American Painter 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art
Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power
Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power 4.13 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Royal Arts of Africa: The Majesty of Form
Royal Arts of Africa: The Majesty of Form 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Making History: African Collectors and the Canon of African Art
Making History: African Collectors and the Canon of African Art 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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White on Black: Images of Africa and Blacks in Western Popular Culture
White on Black: Images of Africa and Blacks in Western Popular Culture 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings
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A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See
A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See 4.38 avg rating — 92 ratings
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The Art of Benin
The Art of Benin 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Black in White America
Black in White America 4.61 avg rating — 28 ratings
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It's Life As I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940–1980
It's Life As I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940–1980
by: Dan Nadel
4.06 avg rating — 80 ratings
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In Search of Our Warrior Mothers: Women Dramatists of the Black Arts Movement
In Search of Our Warrior Mothers: Women Dramatists of the Black Arts Movement 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Delia's Tears: Race, Science, and Photography in Nineteenth-Century America
Delia's Tears: Race, Science, and Photography in Nineteenth-Century America 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 4.35 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Lifting My Voice: A Memoir
Lifting My Voice: A Memoir 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings
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EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art
EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Black Art: A Cultural History (Second Edition)
Black Art: A Cultural History (Second Edition) 4.01 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The Black Speculative Arts Movement: Black Futurity, Art+Design
The Black Speculative Arts Movement: Black Futurity, Art+Design 1.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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African-American Art
African-American Art 4.12 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Going Through the Storm: The Influence of African American Art in History
Going Through the Storm: The Influence of African American Art in History 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey
Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Black Arts Movement: Literary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
The Black Arts Movement: Literary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa
The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Royal Arts of Africa: The Majesty of Form
The Royal Arts of Africa: The Majesty of Form 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings
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African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, The Civil Rights Era, and Beyond
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, The Civil Rights Era, and Beyond 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White
Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White 4.21 avg rating — 285 ratings
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The Nok Culture: Art in Nigeria 2500 Years Ago
The Nok Culture: Art in Nigeria 2500 Years Ago really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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My Soul Has Grown Deep: Black Art from the American South
My Soul Has Grown Deep: Black Art from the American South 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Art and Craft in Africa: Everyday Life Ritual Court Art
Art and Craft in Africa: Everyday Life Ritual Court Art 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque (Volume III, Part 1)
The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque (Volume III, Part 1) 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters
Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection
African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the American Revolution to World War I: Black Models and White Myths (Volume IV, Part 2)
The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the American Revolution to World War I: Black Models and White Myths (Volume IV, Part 2) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Contemporary Design Africa
Contemporary Design Africa 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Art of the Lega
Art of the Lega 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire (The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume I)
From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire (The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume I) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Contemporary African Art
Contemporary African Art 3.79 avg rating — 47 ratings
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The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the Early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery": Africans in the Christian Ordinance of the World (Volume II, Part 2)
The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the Early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery": Africans in the Christian Ordinance of the World (Volume II, Part 2) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Art Africa
Art Africa really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty
GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty 4.68 avg rating — 390 ratings
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The Image of the Black in Western Art, Vol. 2: From the Early Christian Era to the Age of Discovery, Part 1: From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Vol. 2: From the Early Christian Era to the Age of Discovery, Part 1: From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Artfulness of Death in Africa
The Artfulness of Death in Africa
by: John Mack
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition: Europe and the World Beyond (Volume III, Part 2)
The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition: Europe and the World Beyond (Volume III, Part 2) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Micromonumentality: A Tribute to Miniature Works of African Art
Micromonumentality: A Tribute to Miniature Works of African Art 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the American Revolution to World War I: Slaves and Liberators (Volume IV, Part 1)
The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the American Revolution to World War I: Slaves and Liberators (Volume IV, Part 1) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and Display
Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and Display 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition: The Eighteenth Century (Volume III, Part 3)
The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition: The Eighteenth Century (Volume III, Part 3) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Native Artists of Africa: Visits the Workshops of Five Tribal Artists
Native Artists of Africa: Visits the Workshops of Five Tribal Artists it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Benin: Royal Arts of a West African Kingdom
Benin: Royal Arts of a West African Kingdom 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the Early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery": From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood (Volume II, Part 1)
The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the Early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery": From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood (Volume II, Part 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Isn't S/He a Doll: Play and Ritual in African Sculpture
Isn't S/He a Doll: Play and Ritual in African Sculpture 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women
The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women 4.22 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Asen, Ancestors, and Vodun: Tracing Change in African Art
Asen, Ancestors, and Vodun: Tracing Change in African Art 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful
Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful 4.53 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Basquiat
Basquiat 4.09 avg rating — 763 ratings
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A Communion of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories
A Communion of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories 4.42 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Storms of the heart: An anthology of Black arts & culture
Storms of the heart: An anthology of Black arts & culture 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance
Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance 4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings
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African-American Gardens: Yards In Rural South
African-American Gardens: Yards In Rural South 3.37 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Black Dancing Body: A Geography From Coon to Cool
The Black Dancing Body: A Geography From Coon to Cool 4.26 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist
Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters
The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters 4.45 avg rating — 83 ratings
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AFRICOBRA: Experimental Art toward a School of Thought
AFRICOBRA: Experimental Art toward a School of Thought 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Ben Enwonwu: The Making of an African Modernist (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, 37)
Ben Enwonwu: The Making of an African Modernist (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, 37) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Wooden Dreams: East African Headrests
Wooden Dreams: East African Headrests 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists
Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists 4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Yoruba: Visions of Africa Series
Yoruba: Visions of Africa Series 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s
South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s 4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Benin -- Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria
Benin -- Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent
African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent 4.34 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Mayombe: Ritual Sculptures from The Congo
Mayombe: Ritual Sculptures from The Congo 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Bearing Witness
Bearing Witness really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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African Goldweights: Miniature Sculptures from Ghana 1400-1900
African Goldweights: Miniature Sculptures from Ghana 1400-1900 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Invention and Tradition: The Art of Southeastern Nigeria
Invention and Tradition: The Art of Southeastern Nigeria 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
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African Masks: From the Barbier-Mueller Collection
African Masks: From the Barbier-Mueller Collection 4.57 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoons of Côte d'Ivoire
Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoons of Côte d'Ivoire 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Spirits Speak: A Celebration of African Masks
Spirits Speak: A Celebration of African Masks really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria
Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa
Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa 4.44 avg rating — 185 ratings
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Zulu Basketry
Zulu Basketry really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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African Art and Agency in the Workshop
African Art and Agency in the Workshop it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Persona: Masks of Africa Hidden and Revealed Identities
Persona: Masks of Africa Hidden and Revealed Identities 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity
African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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African Beaded Art: Power & Adornment.
African Beaded Art: Power & Adornment. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Testimony: Vernacular Art of the African-American South: The Ronald and June Shelp Collection
Testimony: Vernacular Art of the African-American South: The Ronald and June Shelp Collection 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens
Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Africa in Florida: Five Hundred Years of African Presence in the Sunshine State
Africa in Florida: Five Hundred Years of African Presence in the Sunshine State 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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South African Art Now
South African Art Now really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Africa Interweave: Textile Diasporas
Africa Interweave: Textile Diasporas 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Between Union and Liberation: Women Artists in South Africa 1910-1994
Between Union and Liberation: Women Artists in South Africa 1910-1994 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art
The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present
A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present 4.76 avg rating — 25 ratings
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