Research Catalog

Title

William Edmondson : a monumental vision / edited by James Claiborne and Nancy Ireson ; with contributions by Brendan Fernandes, Leslie King Hammond, Christina Knight, and Kelli Morgan.

Author

Edmondson, William, 1882?-1951

Publication

• Philadelphia : The Barnes Foundation, [2023]
• New Haven ; London : Yale University Press
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Claiborne, James
• Ireson, Nancy
• Fernandes, Brendan, 1979-
• King-Hammond, Leslie, 1944-
• Knight, Christina A., 1983-
• Morgan, Kelli, 1980-
• Dahl-Wolfe, Louise
• Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
• Barnes Foundation, host institution, publisher

Description

151 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 30 cm

Summary

"This richly illustrated volume reintroduces readers to American sculptor William Edmondson (1874-1951) more than 80 years after his historic solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Edmondson began carving at the onset of the Depression in Tennessee. Initially creating tombstones for his community, over time he expanded his practice to include biblical subjects, the natural world, and recognizable figures including nurses and preachers. This book features new essays that explore Edmondson's life in the South and his reception on the East Coast in the 1930s. Reading the artist through lenses of African American experience, the authors draw parallels between then and now, highlighting the complex relationship between Black cultural production and the American museum. Countering existing narratives that have viewed Edmondson as a passive actor in an unfolding drama--a self-taught sculptor "discovered" by White patrons and institutions--this book considers how the artist's identity and position within history influenced his life and work."--

Alternative Title

Monumental vision

Subject

• Edmondson, William, 1882?-1951 > Exhibitions
• Edmondson, William, 1882?-1951
• 1900-1999
• African American sculptors > 20th century > Exhibitions
• African American artists > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Sculpture, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
• African American artists
• Sculpture, American
• African American sculptors
• United States

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title, held at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, June 25-September 10, 2023.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-147).

Contents

Foreword and acknowledgments -- William Edmondson : a monumental vision / James Claiborne and Nancy Ireson -- Divine revelations, resistance, and resilience / Leslie King Hammond -- William Edmondson's limestone miracles and MoMA's primitive need / Kelli Morgan -- Edmondson in the museum : a conversation / James Claiborne, Brendan Fernandes, and Christina Knight -- Epilogue : photography -- Selected bibliography -- Checklist of the exhibition.

Call Number

Sc+ F 23-534

ISBN

• 9780300269840
• 0300269846

OCLC

1377215672

Author

Edmondson, William, 1882?-1951, artist.

Title

William Edmondson : a monumental vision / edited by James Claiborne and Nancy Ireson ; with contributions by Brendan Fernandes, Leslie King Hammond, Christina Knight, and Kelli Morgan.

Publisher

Philadelphia : The Barnes Foundation, [2023]

Distributor

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-147).

Local Subject

Black author.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Edmondson, William, 1882?-1951. Works. Selections.

Claiborne, James, editor.

Ireson, Nancy, editor.

Fernandes, Brendan, 1979- contributor, artist.

King-Hammond, Leslie, 1944- contributor.

Knight, Christina A., 1983- contributor.

Morgan, Kelli, 1980- contributor.

Dahl-Wolfe, Louise, photographer.

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958, photographer.

Barnes Foundation, host institution, publisher.

Research Call Number

Sc+ F 23-534