| Description |
156 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm |
| Note |
This catalog accompanies the exhibition of the same name at Cummer Museum of Art, Jacksonville: October 12, 2018 to April 7, 2019; New York Historical Society Museums & Library: May 3-July 28, 2019; Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, August 24-December 8, 2019; Dixon Gallery & Gardens: January 19-March 22, 2020. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-154) and index. |
| Summary |
This is a timely, visual, exploration of the fascinating life and lasting legacy of sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962), who overcame poverty, racism, and sexual discrimination to become one of America's most influential twentieth-century artists. Her story is one of community-building, activism, and art education. Born just outside Jacksonville, Florida, Savage left the South to pursue new opportunities and opened a studio in Harlem, New York City, offering free art classes. She co-founded the Harlem Artists' Guild in 1935 and became the first director of the federally-supported Harlem Community Art Center. Through her leadership there, Savage played an instrumental role in the development of many artists: William Artis, Gwendolyn Knight, Gwendolyn Bennett, Norman Lewis, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Blackburn, Romare Bearden, among many others. This ground-breaking volume features fifty works by Savage, and those she mentored or influenced, as well as correspondence and period photographs. |
| Contents |
Lenders to the Exhibition -- Foreword / Holly Keris, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Curator -- Curator's Acknowledgments / Jeffreen M. Hayes, Ph. D., Guest Curator -- Introduction / Howard Dodson, Ph. D. -- Labor, Love, Legacy: Augusta Savage's Art / Jeffreen M. Hayes, Ph. D. -- Augusta Savage: A Gallery of Their Own / Bridget R. Cooks, Ph. D. -- Monu*ment*ality: Edmonia Lewis, Meta Fuller, Augusta Savage and the Re-Envisioning of Public Space / Kirsten Pai Buick, Ph. D. -- Plates -- Selected Letters and Archival Photographs -- Exhibition Checklist -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Photo Credits. |
| Subject |
Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962 -- Exhibitions.
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Women sculptors -- United States -- Exhibitions.
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African American sculptors -- Exhibitions.
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African American women artists -- Exhibitions.
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Figure sculpture, American -- Exhibitions.
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Busts -- United States -- Exhibitions.
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Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgMDmJgTg7mX6Vppf4H4q |
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Figure sculpture, American. |
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Busts. |
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African American women artists. |
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African American sculptors. |
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African American sculpture. |
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Women sculptors. |
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United States. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Buick, Kirsten Pai, contributor.
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Cooks, Bridget R., 1972- contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdx6hMQYKb7hDV7Bxf8YP
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Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962, artist. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgMDmJgTg7mX6Vppf4H4q
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Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, host institution.
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New-York Historical Society. Library, host institution.
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Palmer Museum of Art (Pennsylvania State University), host institution.
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Dixon Gallery and Gardens, host institution.
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| ISBN |
9781911282228 (hardcover) |
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1911282220 (hardcover) |
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0915135183 (softcover) |
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9780915135189 (softcover) |
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