Harlem: A Forum of Negro Life, Vol. 1 Cover
Date
Credits
- Aaron Douglas 17 Illustrator
- Wallace Thurman 2 Editor
Format
- Periodical 109
- Publication cover 63
Techniques
- printing 438
This is the cover of the first volume of Harlem, A Forum of Negro Life, Illustrated by Aaron Douglas and edited by Wallace Thurman. Harlem ran for only two issues, however.
Aaron Douglas arrived in Harlem, New York just a few years before the publication of this periodical. He would go on to have an incredible career as an artist/designer, and many view him today as being the first, or one of the first, African American designers and even “Father of Black American Art.” Aaron Douglas eventually established himself as a central figure to The Harlem Renaissance.
Wallace Thurman also arrived in Harlem only a few years before this publication and is generally considered the leading mind behind it. He would go on to become the first African American to work as a ‘Reader’ for a large company in New York, and was well regarded as a talented editor and for his little known play… “Harlem.”
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