And Carroll Simms (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Mild shelf wear to the boards. The dust jacket has tape-repaired tears at the spine ends and lower-edge and corner of the rear panel. Protected now in an archival Mylar sleeve. 106 pages with numerous illustrations in color and black and white. Author/Artist John Biggers signed the book to the previous owner on the half-title page. This collectible book documents the Texas Southern University (TSU) art department's first three decades and is considered a vital resource for scholars of Black art history. The TSU experience is defined by a legacy of using art to preserve African American history and connect the African Diaspora to the Houston community. The TSU art program was founded and shaped by two legendary artist-educators who established a philosophy rooted in African heritage: John Biggers, a world-renowned muralist and educator who established the TSU Art Department in 1949 and Carroll Harris Simms, a sculptor and ceramicist who co-founded the department. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1978. First Edition Stated. Quarto (28cm); publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [14],106pp.; halftone and color illus. throughout. Very light shelf wear, corners nudged, else a Very Good to Near Fine example, uncommon in such nice condition. Gorgeous exhibition catalog featuring the works of Biggers and Simms and their students, including murals, easel painting, sculpture, ceramics, weaving, stained glass, prints, and drawings.