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Identifier
MSS-0028-01-10-02
Date
1-1-1940
Type
image
Description
1940. Inscribed on reverse by artist. The reverse side of this photograph has affixed to it [glued] a piece of paper reading: "Elizabeth Prophet", "Head in Wood 19 1/2 in high". When holding the photograph to a light source, additional writing can be seen underneath the glued top sheet. It reads as follows: "Over life size in wood 1940", "N. Elizabeth Prophet", "Spelman College", "Atlanta Georgia", "cap has been finished since photo was made". The piece is said to be in the collection of the Howe/Lightbody Family. (Amaki, 164)
Bibliography
1) Amaki, Amalia K, Hale Woodruff, Nancy E. Prophet, and Andrea B. Brownlee. Hale Woodruff, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, and the Academy. Atlanta: Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, 2007. Print.
Language
English
RIAMCO Link
https://www.riamco.org/render?eadid=US-RPRC-mss.28
Rights
Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Recommended Citation
Prophet, Nancy Elizabeth, "Head of a Cossack (profile view)" (1940). Nancy Elizabeth Prophet collection. 48.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/prophet/48
Keywords
Prophet, Nancy Elizabeth, 1890-1960; Sculpture; African American artists; Native American artists;