Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor’s Life
Marilyn Nelson, afterword by Tammi Lawson
A biography composed in free verse and concrete poems follows sculptor Augusta Savage’s life and work in the Harlem Renaissance. It recounts her difficult childhood, her training in New York, and a lost opportunity to study in France after a committee learned she was Black. Savage’s sculptures depicted Black life and culture; she opened the Harlem Art Workshop and Harlem Community Art Center and created The Harp for the 1939 World’s Fair.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.
