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Complete Sets

Harvard University Press is proud to offer complete sets of The Image of the Black in Western Art for preorder. Individuals who elect to order the complete set will receive all currently available books upon placing the order, and will receive new books as they are released.

The cost for all ten books is $950, plus your local tax and applicable shipping charge. (In the U.S. and Canada, shipping is a flat $45.00 for the entire series. For all other locations, shipping is a flat $21.00 per book, for a total of $210 across the complete set.)

Complete sets can be preordered by phone, fax, or mail. We are unable to offer an online purchasing option at this time. Please download the complete details and ordering instructions.

Personalized Sets

Harvard University Press is also happy to offer personalized, leather-bound sets of The Image of the Black in Western Art. Please direct inquiries to Harvard University Press at sales_hup@harvard.edu or 617.495.2600. Please do not send payment information via email.

About the Books

In the 1960s, as a response to segregation in the United States, the influential art patron Dominique de Menil began a research project and photo archive called The Image of the Black in Western Art. Now, fifty years later, as the first American president of African American descent serves his historic term in office, her mission has been re-invigorated through the collaboration of Harvard University Press and the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research to present new editions of the coveted five original books, as well as an additional five volumes.

News

Reliquary Statue of St. Maurice The Root is currently featuring works from The Image of the Black in Western Art for an ongoing “image of the week” series.