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Augusta Savage, Portrait of a Baby, 1942, terracotta.
COURTESY MICHAEL ROSENFELD GALLERY LLC, NEW YORK
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman” is on view at the Cummer Museum in Jacksonville, Florida, through Sunday, April 7. The solo exhibition presents sculptures and drawings by the Harlem Renaissance artist, alongside photographs of her with her work and works by artists she mentored, including William Artis, Romare Bearden, Gwendolyn Knight, and Jacob Lawrence.
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Augusta Savage, The Harp, 1939, bronze.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA, THOMAS G. CARPENTER LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES, EARTHA M. M. WHITE COLLECTION
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Augusta Savage, Gwendolyn Knight, 1934–35 (recast 2001), bronze.
WALTER O. EVANS COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
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Augusta Savage, Portrait Head of John Henry, ca. 1940, patinated plaster.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
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Augusta Savage, Gamin, ca. 1930, painted plaster.
THE CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
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Augusta Savage, Portrait of a Baby, 1942, terracotta.
COURTESY MICHAEL ROSENFELD GALLERY LLC, NEW YORK
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Augusta Savage, The Diving Boy, ca. 1939, bronze.
THE CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
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Augusta Savage, Laborer, 1934, watercolor on paper.
©ART AND ARTIFACTS DIVISION, SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARACH IN BLACK CULTURE, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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A photograph by Andrew Herman (Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration) of Augusta Savage with her sculpture Realization, 1938.
SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE, NYPL, PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTS DIVISION, ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS
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A photograph by Andrew Herman (Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration) of Augusta Savage with her sculpture Envy, ca. 1937.
SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE, NYPL, PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTS DIVISION, ART & ARTISTS-PROPHET, NANCY-STULL, HENRY
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Augusta Savage with Ernestine Rose, Roberta Bosley Hubert, and her sculpture James Weldon Johnson, 1939, gelatin silver print.
PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN/SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE, NYPL, PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTS DIVISION, AUGUSTA SAVAGE PORTRAIT COLLECTION
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Augusta Savage viewing two of her sculptures, Susie Q and Truckin, ca. 1939, gelatin silver print.
PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN/SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE, NYPL, PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTS DIVISION, ART & ARTISTS-PROPHET, NANCY-STULL, HENRY
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Installation view of “Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman,” 2018, at the Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, Florida.
COURTESY CUMMER MUSEUM, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
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