Fired up! ready to go! : finding beauty, demanding equity : an African American life in art : the collections of Peggy Cooper Cafritz

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The work Fired up! ready to go! : finding beauty, demanding equity : an African American life in art : the collections of Peggy Cooper Cafritz represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Colby College Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Fired up! ready to go! : finding beauty, demanding equity : an African American life in art : the collections of Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Title remainder

finding beauty, demanding equity : an African American life in art : the collections of Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Statement of responsibility

Peggy Cooper Cafritz ; with contributions by Njideka Akunyili Crosby [and 10 others] ; edited by Peggy Cooper Cafritz and Charmaine Picard

Creator

• Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947-
• Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947-

Contributor

• Picard, Charmaine,
• Crosby, Njideka Akunyili, 1983-
• Crosby, Njideka Akunyili, 1983-
• Picard, Charmaine,

Author

• Crosby, Njideka Akunyili, 1983-
• Crosby, Njideka Akunyili, 1983-
• Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947-
• Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947-

Editor

• Picard, Charmaine,
• Picard, Charmaine,
• Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947-
• Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947-

Subject

• Art -- Private collections
• Art -- Private collections -- Washington (D.C.) -- Catalogs
• Art -- Private collections -- Washington (D.C.) -- Catalogs
• Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947-
• Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947- -- Art collections -- Catalogs
• Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947- -- Art collections -- Catalogs
• Catalogs
• Catalogs
• Catalogs
• Washington (D.C.)
• 1900-2099
• African American art
• African American art -- 20th century -- Catalogs
• African American art -- 20th century -- Catalogs
• African American art -- 21st century -- Catalogs
• African American art -- 21st century -- Catalogs

Genre

• Catalogs

Language

eng

Summary

"After decades of art collecting, prominent Washington, D.C. based activist, philanthropist, and founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Peggy Cooper Cafritz had amassed one of the most important collections of contemporary African American art in the country. But in 2009, the more than 300 works that composed this extraordinary collection were destroyed in the largest residential fire in Washington, D.C. history. The pioneering collection included work by Kara Walker, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley, Barkley Hendricks, David Hammons, Chris Ofili, and Carrie Mae Weems, among many others. This beautifully illustrated volume features 200 of the works that were lost, along with works that she has collected since the fire, as well as important contributions by preeminent curators and artists." -- Provided by publisher

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs