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CHARLES WHITE: DRAWINGS
(WHITE, CHARLES). Porter, James A. & Benjamin Horowitz. Washington, D.C.: Gallery of Art, Howard University, 1967. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fair.. np (24pp), 3 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. With a biography, chronology, collections listing, exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the slender twenty-four page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1967 exhibition of thirty-one drawings by the noted late African-American artist Charles White that inaugurated The Gallery of Art at Washington D.C.'s Howard University. Curated and with a short essay by James A. Porter, the show subsequently traveled to Morgan State College and Fisk University. A presentable example only of this uncommon item - only seven copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing pronounced foxing and creasing to the covers and textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026540