James Amos Porter Archive Comes to Auction James Amos Porter, Self-portrait, oil on canvas, circa 1935. Collection of Constance Porter Uzelac. Among the highlights of our 15th annual auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana is an incredible archive comprising James Amos Porter’s African-American Art History Reference materials. The lot contains thousands of items such as photographs, letters, exhibit catalogues, art books, flyers, and bibliographical data. The material is housed in more than 15 large cartons. Porter was an artist, author and Head of the Art Department at Howard University for more than 40 years. One of America’s pioneer art historians, he authored the groundbreaking text, Modern Negro Art. The archive includes correspondence from virtually every major African-American artist from the 1920s forward, including Romare Bearden, Lois Mailou Jones, Meta Warwick Fuller, Elizabeth Catlett, Hughie Lee-Smith and scores of others. Share Facebook Twitter January 29, 2010Author: Swann CommunicationsCategory: Printed & Manuscript African Americana Tags: African-American Fine Art Elizabeth Catlett Hughie Lee-Smith James Amos Porter Lois Mailou Jones Meta Warwick Fuller Modern Art Romare Bearden Previous Malvin Gray Johnson Painting in Swann African-American Fine Art Auction February 2010 Next Hammons, or World’s Most Expensive Fly Swatter? Recommended Posts Alma Thomas’s Journey to Abstraction African American Art September 27, 2017 The Chicago Renaissance: Eldzier Cortor, Hughie Lee-Smith, & Charles White African American Art October 18, 2012 Upcoming Highlights: African-American Fine Art African American Art December 3, 2018