Research Catalog

Title

Augusta Savage photograph collection [graphic].

Author

Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962.

Publication

1935-[194-?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Allen, James L. (James Latimer), 1907-1977.
• M. Smith (New York, N.Y.)

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.

Subject

• Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962
• Burke, Selma, 1900-1995
• Eastman, Max, 1883-1969
• Handy, W. C. 1873-1958
• Schuyler, Philippa, 1932-1967
• Tobias, Channing, H
• Salon of Contemporary Negro Art
• African American women artists
• African American sculptors
• Sculpture > New York (State) > New York
• Busts > United States
• Plaques, plaquettes > New York (State) > New York

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

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Added Author

Allen, James L. (James Latimer), 1907-1977. Photographer

M. Smith (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Augusta Savage Collection