Black Dolls

Radius Books, Santa Fe 2015

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First edition.
Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California ( Feb.07 – July 05 2015 ).

Clothbound with title printed in black on cover and spine under photographically illustrated dus jacket.

232 pages with 149 full page color images and 32 black and white photographs.

Over 100 unique handmade African American dolls made between 1850 and 1940 from the collection of Deborah Neff.
The book also features an assortment of rare vintage photographs from 19th and 20th centuries, showing both black and white children playing with their dolls.

25 X 31 cm

Condition: perfect, as new

180 €