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Black American portraits : from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

by Christine Kim, Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, Hilton Als

Spanning from 1800 to the present, this volume surveys Black American portraiture through 140 works from the LACMA collection. The selection centres Black subjects across various media, documenting historical movements and contemporary expressions of identity.

Accession 28598 ISBN 9781636810164 Publisher Los Angeles County Museum of Art, DelMonico Books
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