Research Catalog

Title

Elijah Pierce, woodcarver / [editor Norma Roberts].

Publication

Columbus, Ohio : Columbus Museum of Art ; Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 1992.

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Additional Authors

• Roberts, Norma J.
• Columbus Museum of Art.

Description

256 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm

Subject

• Pierce, Elijah > Exhibitions
• African American wood-carving > Exhibitions
• Folk art > United States > Exhibitions

Note

• Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, organized by the Columbus Museum of Art, curators: E. Jane Connell and Nannette V. Maciejunes.

Contents

Preface / Merribell Parsons -- Curators' Statement / E. Jane Connell and Nannette V. Maciejunes -- Introduction / Robert Bishop -- Elijah Pierce, Woodcarver: Doves and Pain in Life Fulfilled / Gerald L. Davis -- Hands-On Work: Style as Meaning in the Carvings of Elijah Pierce / Michael D. Hall -- "Your Life Is a Book": The Artistic Legacy of Elijah Pierce / John R. Moe -- Elijah Pierce and the African American Tradition of Wood Carving / Regenia A. Perry -- A Holy Place: A Tribute to Elijah Pierce / Aminah Robinson -- Catalogue of the Exhibition / E. Jane Connell and Nannette V. Maciejunes. Autobiographical Works. Freestanding Carvings: Animals and Figures. Secular Relief Carvings. Tableaus. Religious Relief Carvings. Message Signs. Moral Lessons. Pierce, the Universal Man. Annotated Checklist / E. Jane Connell and Nannette V. Maciejunes -- Chronology / Margaret Armbrust Seibert -- Bibliography / Margaret Armbrust Seibert.

ISBN

0295972521 (University of Washington Press : pbk. : alk. paper) :

LCCN

91078320

OCLC

• 26306350
• ocm26306350

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries