Research Catalog
Augusta Savage photograph collection
- Title
- Augusta Savage photograph collection [graphic].
- Author
- Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962.
- Publication
- 1935-[194-?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Augusta Savage Collection | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Description
- 29 items (.2 cubic ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
- 22 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- 7 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- Collection depicts sculptor Augusta Savage at work and in social gatherings, and views of some of her work, from the 1930s to the 1940s.
- Subjects
- Eastman, Max, 1883-1969
- Burke, Selma, 1900-1995
- Plaques, plaquettes > New York (State) > New York
- Tobias, Channing, H
- Schuyler, Philippa, 1932-1967
- African American sculptors
- Salon of Contemporary Negro Art
- Sculpture > New York (State) > New York
- Busts > United States
- Portrait photographs > 1930-1949
- Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962
- African American women artists
- Handy, W. C (William Christopher), 1873-1958
- Group portraits > 1939-1949
- Inscriptions
- Gelatin silver prints > 1930-1949
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1930-1949.
- Group portraits – 1939-1949.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1930-1949.
- Inscriptions.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Some photographs bear photographer's handstamp on verso; some items bear photographer's blind stamp on recto. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso; one image bears typewritten label attached to recto; one item bears printed caption attached to recto. Some items bear inscriptions.
- Collection contains work by James L. Allen, Morgan and Marvin Smith, and others.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Some items restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Augusta Savage (1892-1962) was an African-American sculptor and art educator who, during the 1920s to mid-1940s, became recognized as a prominent and well-honored artist, a community leader in promoting and teaching art in Harlem, and, in 1937, the first director of the Harlem Community Arts Center.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Augusta Savage Papers.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Augusta Savage Collection
- OCLC
- NYPG04-F591
- Author
- Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962.
- Title
- Augusta Savage photograph collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1935-[194-?]
- Terms Of Use
- Some items restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography
- Augusta Savage (1892-1962) was an African-American sculptor and art educator who, during the 1920s to mid-1940s, became recognized as a prominent and well-honored artist, a community leader in promoting and teaching art in Harlem, and, in 1937, the first director of the Harlem Community Arts Center.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Augusta Savage Papers.
- Local Note
- Sc MG 731
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Allen, James L. (James Latimer), 1907-1977. PhotographerM. Smith (New York, N.Y.)
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Augusta Savage Collection