Schoolteacher

1935

William Edmondson

Associated Names
William Edmondson

Sculptor, American, 1874 - 1951

The sculpture features a figure with a textured hair, a defined face with two circular eyes, a nose, and a smiling mouth. The figure holds an object close to its chest. The sculpture is made of stone with a rough texture. It is light gray in color and stands upright with a broad base that tapers towards the head. It has an abstract and stylized representation of a person with clear, bold lines that outline its features and attire.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist [1874-1951], Nashville; purchased 1935 by Katherine Kuh [1904-1994], New York; purchased by Edmund L. Fuller, Jr. [1941-1985], Woodstock, New York; purchased c. 1978 by David and Renee McKee, New York; gift December 1982 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Afro-American Artists from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 12 January - 28 February 1988, unpublished checklist.

1999

  • Celebrating the Legacy: African-American Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 30 July - 22 September 1999, unpublished checklist.

2001

  • Celebrating the Legacy II: African-American Art at the Corcoran, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 February - May 2001, unpublished checklist.

2002

  • Picturing the Corcoran's Sculpture: Photographs by David Finn, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 3 November - 30 December 2000, no. 54, repro.

  • Celebrating the Legacy: African-American Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 19 January - 19 February 2002, unpublished checklist.

2004

  • Figuratively Speaking: The Human Form in American Art, 1770-1950, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 November 2004 - 7 August 2005, unpublished checklist.

2018

  • Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2018-2019, not in catalogue (shown only in Washington).

Wikidata ID

Q63864497

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