Augusta Savage

The Shape of a Sculptor's Life

Augusta Savage
Marilyn Nelson
RRP:
NZ$ 29.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 23.99
Hardback
h238 x 158mm - 128pg
10 Mar 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780316298025
Out Of Stock
Currently no stock in-store, stock is sourced to your order
Quantity:
 
 
Augusta Savage was arguably the most influential American artist of the 1930s. A gifted sculptor, Savage was commissioned to create a portrait bust of W. E. B. Du Bois for the New York Public Library. She flourished during the Harlem Renaissance, and became a teacher to an entire generation of African American artists, including Jacob Lawrence, and would go on to be nationally recognized as one of the featured artists at the 1939 World' s Fair. She was the first-ever recorded Black gallerist. After being denied an artists' fellowship abroad on the basis of race, Augusta Savage worked to advance equal rights in the arts. And yet popular history has forgotten her name. Deftly written and brimming with photographs of Savage' s stunning sculpture, this is an important portrait of an exceptional artists who, despite the limitations she faced, was compelled to forge a life through art and creativity.
Praise for A Wreath for Emmett Till: * "A towering achievement. "--Kirkus Reviews, starred review Praise for Augusta Savage: * "A stunning portrait of artistic genius and Black history in America. "--Booklist, starred review * "A wonderful addition to young people' s literature on African American artists. "--Horn Book, starred review * "In a rich biography in verse, Nelson (A is for Oboe) gives voice to the Black sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962), a key Harlem Renaissance figure. "--Publishers Weekly, starred review * "Nelson' s arresting poetry, which is accompanied by photographs of Savage' s work, dazzles as it experiments with form. . . . A lyrical biography from a master of the craft. "--Kirkus, starred review * "This memorial to the lynched teen is in the Homeric tradition of poet-as-historian . . . This chosen formality brings distance and reflection to readers, but also calls attention to the horrifically ugly events. "--School Library Journal, starred review "These poems are a powerful achievement that teens and adults will want to discuss together. "--Booklist, ALA starred review "A moving elegy indeed. " --The Bulletin
Marilyn Nelson is the author of many award-winning books, including Carver: A Life in Poems, which was a National Book Award finalist, a Newbery Honor Book, and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and received the Flora Stieglitz Straus Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. She is also the author of A Wreath for Emmett Till, which garnered the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, a Coretta Scott King Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor. She lives in Connecticut. Tammi Lawson is the curator of the Art and Artifacts Division at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the steward of a collection of over fifteen thousand items that visually document the Black Diaspora. The Schomburg also houses the largest collection of art by Augusta Savage in a public institution. The New York Public Library recently awarded Lawson the 2020 Bertha Franklin Feder Award for Excellence in Librarianship.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780316298025
Published: 10 Mar 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Format: Hardback
Height: 238mm
Width: 158mm
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 128

In stock - for items in stock we aim to dispatch the next business day. For delivery in NZ allow 2-5 business days, with rural taking a wee bit longer.

Locally sourced in NZ - stock comes from a NZ supplier with an approximate delivery of 7-15 business days.

International Imports - stock is imported into NZ, depending on air or sea shipping option from the international supplier stock can take 10-30 working days to arrive into NZ. 

Pre-order Titles - delivery will vary depending on where the title is published, if local stock is available in NZ then 5-7 business days, for international imports it can be 10-30 business days. In all cases we will access the quickest supply option.

Delivery Packaging - we ship all items in cardboard sleeves or by box with either packing paper or corn starch chips. (We avoid using plastics bubble bags)

Tracking - Orders are delivered by track and trace courier and are fully insured, tracking information will be sent by email once dispatched.

View our full Order & Delivery information

View Cart or Browse other items in People & Places, Work & Industry.