Author: Robinson, Joyce Henri, and Janalee Emmes, and Gabriella Szalay
Title: Wos Up Man?: Selections from the Joseph M. And Janet D. Shein Collection of Self-Taught Art
Description: University Park, PA, Palmer Museum of Art, 2005. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 139 pp. 79+ color plates. 56 artists are represented by 79 works in the sumptuously illustrated catalogue, published to accompany an exhibition.Biographical essays or information about the artists is provided, where known. "Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held at the Palmer Museum of Art, Oct. 11, 2005-Feb. 12, 2006"--Title page verso./ Includes: Bil Traylor, Clementine Hunter, William Hawkins, Nellie Mae Rowe, Shields Landon (S.L.) Jones, Sam Doyle, Jimmie Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, Thornton Dial, Leroy Almon Sr. Purvis Young, Herbert Singleton Jr.--Whitney and Lee Kaplan African American Visual Culture Collection inventory./ Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents as follows: Director's preface and acknowledgments / Jan Keene Muhlert -- Foreword / Phyllis Kind -- Collectors' statement / Joe Shein and Janet Shein -- "Wos up man?" : inflecting the vernacular / Joyce Henri Robinson -- Catalogue of the Shein collection / Joyce Henri Robinson, Janalee Emmer and Gabriella Szalay. VG .

Keywords: American Art ; Shein Collection ; ; Collections - American Art


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