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Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life
Marilyn Nelson, afterword by Tammi Lawson
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown BFYR/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-29802-5
Keywords: Harlem Renaissance, Artists, African American Sculptors
Savage, a gifted Black sculptor and teacher, flourished during the 1930s Harlem Renaissance. Free verse and concrete poems. Photographs of Savages's sculptures. Back matter, biography.