TWO Vintage Artist Exhibition Catalogues, one HAND SIGNED by the Artist OLIVER LEE JACKSON Expressive Abstraction Groundbreaking African American Painter

OLIVER JACKSON. Exhibition Catalogue published on the occasion of the Seattle Art Museum's September 17 - November 7, 1982 exhibit. SIGNED on the title page by the artist. Published by the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1982. First edition. With essay by Thomas Albright. Illustrated softcovers, 11" x 8.5", side staple bound, 31 pages, richly illustrated with 13 full page color plates (including a two page centerfold), 5 b&w images and a portrait of the artist, includes an interview with Jackson and an exhibition checklist. VERY GOOD Condition: covers have former owner's name neatly inked in upper margin, penned relevant notes to title page (studio address) that offset to blank facing page, a touch of light wear from age and use, otherwise an excellent example of this uncommon early catalogue, especially so, SIGNED.

OLIVER LEE JACKSON. Exhibition Catalogue published on the occasion of the North Carolina Southeastern Center For Contemporary Art 1980 exhibit. Published by the Southeastern Center For Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, 1980. First edition. With Introduction by Regina Hackett. Glossy card softcover, side staple bound, 10" x 8", 16 unnumbered pages, strikingly illustrated with 6 full page color plates, a b&w portrait of the artist, and a facsimile signature of the artist on the half title page. VERY GOOD Condition: two corners bumped lightly affecting the inner pages, light signs of use and age, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

Oliver Lee Jackson (b. 1935) is a groundbreaking African American painter, printmaker and sculptor. Originally from St. Louis, he was affiliated with the Black Artists Group, which was founded there in 1968 as an interdisciplinary collective of avant-garde jazz musicians, actors, and visual artists. Jackson has lived and worked in Oakland, CA since 1982. A pioneering contributor to the story of abstraction, his dynamic, expressionistic work is viewed as a synthesis of abstraction and figuration, lately seen as Expressive Abstraction. Jackson's artworks are in the permanent collections of many venerable institutions including: The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Detroit Institute of the Arts; New Orleans Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; St. Louis Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; San Jose Museum of Art; Seattle Art Museum, and numerous private collections.