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Nancy Elizabeth Prophet : I will not bend an inch

Prophet, Nancy Elizabeth, 1890-1960, artist, Blythe, Sarah Ganz, editor, Molon, Dominic, editor, Solomon, Kajette, editor, Walters, Kelly, book designer, Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art, host institution, Brooklyn Museum of Art, host institution, Spelman College. Museum of Fine Art, host institution, Yale University Press, publisher

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\"Exploring the career and legacy of the artist Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, whose sculptural figures embody her uncompromising sovereignty over her work and life. This book offers a nuanced and comprehensive presentation of the life and work of Nancy Elizabeth Prophet (1890-1960), whose figural sculptures in wood, marble, and bronze combined the aesthetic concerns of modernism with the beaux-arts tradition. An artist of African American and Narragansett ancestry, Prophet was the first known woman of color to graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design. Though she studied portraiture, she produced a body of evocative sculpture conveying atmosphere and emotion rather than depicting individuals. Through original essays, catalogue entries on Prophet's major works, and an illustrated chronology of her remarkable life, this book reframes Prophet's powerful work and legacy. Contributors trace the artist's transatlantic career, from Parisian ateliers to Spelman College, and consider topics such as the art institutions Prophet navigated, the stylistic connections between her figurative sculpture and the work of her modernist contemporaries, her Afro-Indigenous heritage, and how she resisted predetermined conceptions of her cultural identity. Demonstrating how Prophet continues to inspire a new generation of artists and viewers today, contemporary artist Simone Leigh assesses her shared practice with Prophet, who offers a model of fearless devotion to her work. Published in association with the RISD Museum.\" -- Amazon

• Publisher: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design ; in association withYale University Press,Asia Pacific Offset
• Subject: Prophet, Nancy Elizabeth, 1890-1960 Exhibitions. / Prophet, Nancy Elizabeth, 1890-1960. / 20th century / African American artists 20th century Exhibitions. / African American artists 20th century Biography. / African American sculptors United States 20th century Exhibitions. / Women sculptors United States 20th century Exhibitions. / Artistes noirs américains 20e siècle Expositions. / Artistes noirs américains 20e siècle Biographies. / Sculpteurs noirs américains États-Unis 20e siècle Expositions. / Sculptrices États-Unis 20e siècle Expositions. / African American artists. / African American sculptors. / Women sculptors. / United States.
• ISBN: 0300261047, 9780300261042

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