Henry Ossawa Tanner, Philadephia Museum of Art, 1991, softcover, Near Fine

 Mosby, Dewey F. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1991.

English, First Trade Edition, Near Fine softcover, 9" x 11 1/2", 307 pp.

ISBN: 0-87633-086-3

Near Fine catalogue with Tanner's painting, "The Banjo Lesson" on cover, blue spine with cream title and a photograph of artist with his palette on back cover. Minor shelfwear and vertical indent to back cover, otherwise clean, tightly bound, unmarked throughout. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the artist's work held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art January 20 - April 14, 1991,  Detroit Institute of Arts, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and finally the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. 307 pp., including Introductory Essay by Dewey F. Mosby titled, "Reflections on Race, Public Reception, and Critical Response in Tanner's Career", a Biographical Essay by Rae-Alexander-Minter, "The Tanner Family: A Grandniece's Chronicle", Foreword, Chronology, an extensive chronological Catalogue detailing the artist's work from the student years through racial awareness to religion, Orientalism, and the war years. Notes, Provenance, and Index of Illustrated Works. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white and full-color with images of the celebrated African American artist's work as an illustrator and painter.