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Lot 1180
Eight Books Variously on North Carolina Art and Architecture
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Lyons, Mary E. Master of Mahogany: Thomas Day, Free Black Cabinet Maker (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994), with dust jacket (damp stains and warping, still usable); Bishir, Catherine and Southern, Michael. A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996) card covers (very good condition); Mark Hewitt: Potter (Raleigh: NC State University, 1997), card covers, (very good condition); Quartet: Four North Carolina Photographers (New London and Asheville: Safe Harbor Books, 2005); Gregory D. Ivy: Making North Carolina Modern (Greensboro: UNC-Greensboro, 2005), card covers, book like new in shrink wrap; Little, M. Ruth. The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1795-1975 (Chapel Hill: The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, 2006), with dust jacket (some stains to jacket; clean interior); Beverly McIver: Coming Home (Sante Fe: Lew Allen Contemporary, 2008), card covers (external scuffs, else good condition); Barfield, Rodney and Marshall, Patricia. Thomas Day: African American Furniture Maker (Raleigh: North Carolina Office of Archives and History, 2010); card covers (good condition);

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From the Estate of the late Joseph D. Rowand, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Joe Rowand was instrumental in developing a contemporary art scene in North Carolina. After studying in New York City at Parsons, he brought the big city art feel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina when he opened Somerhill Gallery in 1972. His gallery served as an epicenter for collectors and artists to gather and grow for over thirty years.