Dox Thrash : an African American master printmaker rediscovered
"Dox Thrash came of age as an artist in the 1920s and 1930s, a time when art in the United States began to offer accurate reflections of everyday life. Known as "Regionalism," "Social Realism," or simply the "American Scene," this widespread movement encouraged artists to focus their attention on the work around them. Throughout his career Thrash drew on personal experience for the striking imagery in his work, with scenes ranging from childhood memories of the rural South to hard times in the urban centers of the North, patriotic defense work during wartime, and poetic portraits of his community and its residents."
Print Book, English, ©2001
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, ©2001
Exhibition catalogues
xi, 176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
9780295981598, 9780876331521, 9780876331514, 0295981598, 0876331525, 0876331517
47785679
Foreword / Anne d'Harnoncourt
Dox Thrash: "I Always Wanted To Be an Artist" / John Ittmann
The Fine Print Workshop of the Philadelphia Federal Art Project / Cindy Medley-Buckner
Dox Thrash and the Pyramid Club / David R. Brigham
"Racial Idiom" in the Work of Dox Thrash / Kymberly N. Pinder
Guide to the Catalogue Raisonne of Prints
Catalogue Raisonne of Prints
Chronology / Jennifer Noonan
Lifetime Exhibition Record
Glossary of Printmaking Terms
Alphabetical List of Print Titles
Exhibition itinerary: Philadelphia Museum of Art, October 27, 2001-February 24, 2002 ; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, September 10-November 3, 2002