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(ART.) ADEN, BARNETT.
Six unused postcards from the 1940 American
Negro Exposition in Chicago.
[
TOGETHER WITH
] An unused ticket to the Exposition.
The post cards show: Tanner Hall Art Galleries, general view of the Negro Exposition, part
of the agricultural exhibit, two from the Catholic Church exhibit and a scene from
“Chimes of Normandy,” a lavish musical production.
Chicago, 1940
[400/600]
Some very rare images of the American Negro Exposition. The Tanner Gallery was curated by
Barnett Aden of Howard University, who as a result of this exposure was asked to deliver several
curatorial lectures at the National Gallery.
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(ART.) GROSSMAN, ELIAS.
Paul Robeson as Othello (supplied title).
Etching, 12 x 9
7
/
8
inches (plate size), matted and framed.
SIGNED BY GROSSMAN IN THE
LOWER RIGHT CORNER
.
Np, [1944]
[800/1,200]
Elias Mandel Grossman (1898-1947) is best known as a graphic artist.
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