Author: Johnston, Frances B. Title: The Hampton Album. 44 Photographs by Frances B. Johnston from an Album of Hampton Institute with an Introduction and a Note on the Photographer by Lincoln Kirstein
Description: New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1966. 8vo. Oblong. 55 pp. Soft Cover. Black and White plates. Very Good. Some toning on wraps. Frances B. Johnston was among the first African American photographers to receive international acclaim. She recorded a historical program at the Hampton Institute, a residential school for African American and Native American young adults. Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). Nordland was a museum director, art critic, educator and author. Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute (1960-64), Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMoMA) (1966-73), Milwaukee Art Museum (1977-85), and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery (1973-1977). He is the author of over 60 publications, including books on Lachaise, Nakian, Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright. .
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- Book number: 71-0370