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Wed, Jan 11, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 260

Katherine Dunham Signed Book, Ten Books on Dance, Art

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Katherine Dunham presents Bal Negre, signed and personalized by Katherine Dunham; Isles of Rhythm by Earl Leaf, New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1948, with enclosures; Red Detachment of Women, A Modern Revolutionary Ballet by the China Ballet Troupe, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1972; Katherine Dunham's Journey to Accompong with drawings by Ted Cook, New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1946; a second copy as previous with dust jacket and tipped in extra; The Southern Harmony Songbook by The Young Men's Progress Club of Benton, Kentucky, New York: Hastings House, 1939; Dunham Technique, A Way of Life by Albirda Rose, Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Publishing, 1990; Negro Art, Past and Present by Alain Locke, Washington: Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1936; The Negro in the Caribbean by Eric Williams, Washington: Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1942; Dancers and Dancing by J.M. Hubbert, Nashville: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1901; The Way to Dance, New York: Wehman Bros.

Provenance: Private Florida Collection

Condition

staining, foxing, some losses, loose or separating binding, Dancers and Dancing fully separated, some with interior inscriptions

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