[BLACK ART]. GLAUBER, Robert H., introduction. Black American Artists / 71. Chicago: Illinois Bell Telephone, 1971. Small 4to. Numerous black and white illustrations. Original printed wrappers (some minor sunning to upper cover, else fine). FIRST EDITION of this exhibition catalogue produced for a traveling exhibition devoted to Black artists including works by Romare Bearden, Sam Gilliam, David Hammons, and Charles White. “It is sociological and artistically regrettable that at this late date in American history it is still necessary – or even practical – to have exhibitions solely devoted to the works of Black Artists. But the inescapable truth is that up to recently Blacks have been virtually excluded from the mainstream of American artistic life… What the organizers of this exhibition hope to show through the wide variety and high quality of the works on display is that Black American artists now fully have the techniques to sustain their imaginings. They have style and styles. And that at their most militant they can transcend personal prejudice with fine art – the highest human effort to achieve sense, order and compassion” (Robert H. Glauber, curator). RARE: OCLC locates only one copy institutionally.