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University of Washington Press, 1992. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1200grams, ISBN:
(Exhibition catalog): [Broadside]: Behold! The Man Who Carves His Sermons in Wood. Displayed by Mr. and Mrs. E. Pierce by PIERCE, Elijah - 1935
by PIERCE, Elijah
(Exhibition catalog): [Broadside]: Behold! The Man Who Carves His Sermons in Wood. Displayed by Mr. and Mrs. E. Pierce
by PIERCE, Elijah
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
[Columbus, Ohio]: New Model Printing Co, 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Two broadsides and a pamphlet. The broadsides measures 11" x 14" and 6" x 11". One broadside on stiff card stock, the other a thin sheet. Both age-toning on the edges, very good. The pamphlet is a single sheet folded once to make four pages. 16mo. Fine. Examples of fragile and rare posters for the traveling exhibition of Pierce's woodcarvings from the Bible and a pamphlet for his exhibit with a list of works. The larger poster leaves blank space for the place, time, and price of admission for the exhibition and also advertises "Quartet Singing ... Good Music." The smaller poster advertises a "Mammoth Sacred Art Demonstration" held in Columbus, Ohio and viewable by appointment only. Pierce (1892-1984) was born the son of a former slave in Mississippi, became an ordained minister, and worked as an itinerant preacher displaying his carvings in the 1930s. Pierce was also a barber, sculptor, and woodcarver during his long career who lived in Columbus, Ohio. In the exhibition catalog *Elijah Pierce: Woodcarver*. (Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Museum of Art 1992), the larger poster image is employed in the Introduction on page 11 of the catalog. A rare set of posters and ephemera from early in Pierce's career as a woodcarver.
- Bookseller Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition Near Fine
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher New Model Printing Co
- Place of Publication [Columbus, Ohio]
- Date Published 1935
- Keywords African-Americana, Broadside, Art/Illustration, Religion, Archive