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Augusta Savage with two of her statuettes, entitled (left to right) “Susie Q” and Truckin’”

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Title
Augusta Savage with two of her statuettes, entitled (left to right) “Susie Q” and Truckin’”
Names
Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962 (Artist)
Collection

Art and Artists

Artists

Augusta Savage

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Art and Artists
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Art and Artists, Box 6
Topics
Artists -- United States
African American artists
African American art
Artists, Black
Federal Art Project
United States. Works Progress Administration
Figure sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Photographs
Portrait photographs
Notes
Citation/reference: Typewritten caption label on verso: Augusta Savage, colored sculptress of New York, with her statuettes of (left to right) "Susie Q" and Truckin'". She has been commissioned to create a Negro group for the New York World's Fair 1939.
Additional physical form: Copy negative no. SC-CN-92-0360
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 26 x 21 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15591219
Photo Order: 58980
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3bcad630-10d4-0136-e6e3-7ffb30d1db23
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1892: Creator Born
  • 1939: Created
  • 1962: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Augusta Savage with two of her statuettes, entitled (left to right) “Susie Q” and Truckin’” " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8451e00-10d9-0136-eec2-159968726aec

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Augusta Savage with two of her statuettes, entitled (left to right) “Susie Q” and Truckin’” " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 22, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8451e00-10d9-0136-eec2-159968726aec

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1939). Augusta Savage with two of her statuettes, entitled (left to right) “Susie Q” and Truckin’” Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8451e00-10d9-0136-eec2-159968726aec

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8451e00-10d9-0136-eec2-159968726aec | title= (still image) Augusta Savage with two of her statuettes, entitled (left to right) “Susie Q” and Truckin’” , (1939)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=January 22, 2021 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Augusta Savage with two of her statuettes, entitled (left to right) “Susie Q” and Truckin’”