{"product_id":"sargent-johnson-african-american-modernist","title":"Sargent Johnson: African American Modernist","description":"\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco:  MOMA, 1998.  Small folio; 95 pp., 26cm Very good(+) to near fine(-), with light sunning \u0026amp; toning to exterior. Bit of sticker residue to front wrap bottom. Paperback. ISBN: 0918471435\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA handsome well-produced title on the wonderful work Sargent Claude Johnson (1888–1967). Johnson was pioneering African American sculptor and painter associated with the Harlem Renaissance and the San Francisco Bay Area’s artistic vanguard. Known for his dignified portrayals of Black subjects, he fused modernist abstraction with a deep humanism, working in bronze, terra cotta, stone, and enamel. His public commissions, such as the Organ Screen for the 1939 San Francisco Maritime Museum, demonstrate a mastery of both design and symbolism, celebrating resilience and cultural identity through simplified, monumental forms. Johnson’s work—at once personal, political, and formally innovative—broke racial barriers in West Coast art and remains a cornerstone of American modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lefalle-Collins, Lizzetta [Editor]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46946737062146,"sku":"105285","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/105285.jpg?v=1761942077","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/sargent-johnson-african-american-modernist","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}