90s The Block MOMA BOOK Langston Hughes poems poetry Harlem NY collage Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Block Hardcover Book Collage by Romare Bearden Poems by Langston Hughes 90s vintage CONDITION NOTES: Dot imprint marks on back dust jacket Some indents to back covet too Looks like pen tip size indent marks Book is same design as dust jacket Pages fine 90s review 12 poems coupled with images from a large, six-panel collage, convey the complexity of the modern African American urban experience... Collage, created in 1971 shows an evening street scene in Harlem. Faded black-and-white photographs and colored paper cut outs…evoking feelings of struggle and joy, despair and hopefulness. …one of the most compatible things about Hughes and Bearden is their spirituality. Most of the poem/picture pairings are successful, although one or two do not seem as well matched. More of a coffee table book. Older kids style book, but made for adults. Educational Teacher material