Title
Creator Dates
1890-1960
Creator Role
American sculptor
Preview
Identifier
EP.01.07.03
Date
1-1-1944
Date Range
1930-1944
Type
image
Description
1944. Inscribed on reverse by artist: "Elizabeth Prophet", "Head in Wood", "Neck to top of head 13 in.", "1944". [The "N" preceding the artist's name is crossed out in the same ink.] This piece was acquired by the Brooklyn Museum in 2014 through the Brooklyn Museum Fund for African American Art in honor of Saundra Williams-Cornwell. (Brooklyn) The oiled wood sculpture is estimated to have been produced circa 1930. This photograph,and the accompanying profile view (EP.01.07.03), show the piece as photographed in 1944 by photojournalist Griffith Davis (1923-1993) most likely in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subjects
Sculpture and Installations; Humanities and Social Sciences
Bibliography
1) "Brooklyn Museum- Untitled {Head}- Nancy Elizabeth Prophet." Accessed Oct 25, 2017. https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/214448
Contributor
Davis, Griffith J.
Contributor Role
American photographer, born 1923
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Prophet, Nancy Elizabeth, "Untitled (Head)" (1944). Nancy Elizabeth Prophet Collection. 53.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/prophet/53
Keywords
Prophet, Nancy Elizabeth, 1890-1960; Sculpture; African American artists;Native American artists; Women artists; Davis, Griffith J., 1923-1993; Brooklyn Museum.
