San Francisco Lithographer: African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown

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Book Title: San Francisco Lithographer : African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown

Item Length: 11in

Item Width: 8.5in

Author: Robert J. Chandler

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Topic: American / African American, Individual Artists / General, American / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Prints, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Publication Year: 2014

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Art

Item Weight: 12.3 Oz

Number of Pages: 264 Pages