Man restraining a large dog / Southern Mesopotamia
About 1750 BC / Fired clay plaque / 3 4/5″x3 2/5″ / British Museum, London, UK
Tag Archives: Sculpture
Jazz Appreciation Month: Album Cover Art~ April 30
Henry Threadgill ~ Too Much Sugar For A Dime
1993 / Axiom 314-514 258-2 / CD
Cover Art “Family Tree” by Shinro Ohtake [Sezon Museum of Modern Art]
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National Poetry Month~ April 27
Portrait of Allen Ginsberg by Bruce Conner
1960 / Wood, fabric, wax, metal can, glass, feathers, metal, string, and spray paint
19 15/16″x11 5/16″x21 3/8″ / Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY
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Allen Ginsberg~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/allen-ginsberg
National Poetry Month~ April 25
Gwendolyn Brooks by Sara S. Miller
1994 / Bronze / 12″x9″x11″ / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, DC
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Gwendolyn Brooks~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendolyn-brooks
National Poetry Month~ April 14
Robert Frost by Walker Hancock
1969 cast after 1950 original / Bronze / 16 1/2″x9 1/2″x10″ / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, DC
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Robert Frost~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert-frost
National Poetry Month~ April 12
Paul Laurence Dunbar by Richmond Barthé
1928 / Painted plaster / 18″x7 3/4″x9″ / Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
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Paul Laurence Dunbar~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/paul-laurence-dunbar
National Poetry Month~ April 9
Ralph Waldo Emerson by Daniel Chester French
Modeled in clay 1879; bronze castings begin 1886 / 22 1/2″x10 1/4″x9″
Various collections, including The Met, NYC
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Ralph Waldo Emerson~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ralph-waldo-emerson
National Poetry Month~ April 7
Lord Byron by Lorenzo Bartolini
1822 / Dried raw clay (terracruda) / 19 5/8″ high / Private collection
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Lord Byron~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lord-byron
Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 30
Europe Supported by Africa and America by Sokari Douglas Camp
2015 / Steel, abalone, gold and copper leaf, petrol nozzles
78 7/10”x71 3/10”x36 3/5” / October Gallery, London, UK
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See also: March 30~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/30/march-30-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/
Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 27
Untitled by Lee Bontecou
1961 / Welded steel, canvas, fabric, rawhide, copper wire, and soot / 80 1/4”x89”x34 3/4″ / MoMA, NYC
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See also: March 27~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/27/march-27-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/
