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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman” is on view at the Cummer Museum in Jacksonville, Florida, through Sunday, April 7. The solo exhibition presents sculptures and drawings by the Harlem Renaissance artist, alongside photographs of her with her work and works by artists she mentored, including William Artis, Romare Bearden, Gwendolyn Knight, and Jacob Lawrence.
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Augusta Savage, The Harp, 1939, bronze.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA, THOMAS G. CARPENTER LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES, EARTHA M. M. WHITE COLLECTION
Augusta Savage, Gwendolyn Knight, 1934–35 (recast 2001), bronze.
WALTER O. EVANS COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
Augusta Savage, Portrait Head of John Henry, ca. 1940, patinated plaster.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
Augusta Savage, Gamin, ca. 1930, painted plaster.
THE CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
Augusta Savage, Portrait of a Baby, 1942, terracotta.
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Augusta Savage, The Diving Boy, ca. 1939, bronze.
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Augusta Savage, Laborer, 1934, watercolor on paper.
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A photograph by Andrew Herman (Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration) of Augusta Savage with her sculpture Realization, 1938.
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A photograph by Andrew Herman (Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration) of Augusta Savage with her sculpture Envy, ca. 1937.
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Augusta Savage with Ernestine Rose, Roberta Bosley Hubert, and her sculpture James Weldon Johnson, 1939, gelatin silver print.
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Augusta Savage viewing two of her sculptures, Susie Q and Truckin, ca. 1939, gelatin silver print.
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Installation view of "Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman," 2018, at the Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, Florida.
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