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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- it should be pointed out that all three are included in the article on African-American art in vol. 1. Stan Shiebert Seattle Public Library On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, William Lang wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Ray Anne Lockard's question about the Dictionary of Art reminds me of a > puzzling discovery I made the other day about that estimable work: the absence > of some major living or recent African-American artists. Romare Bearden isn't > there, Jacob Lawrence isn't, Martin Puryear isn't -- have others noticed > omissions? Certainly they seem regrettable in a work which has aimed at broad > inclusiveness, even if one grants that Americans may have different estimation > of our own artists' importance than the rest of the world. > > Bill Lang > Art Department, The Free Library of Philadelphia >