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Title
Papier mâché mask by Beulah Woodard, circa 1937
Alternative Title
Works of Beulah Woodard, Sculptor (2 of 2)
Contributor
Woodard, Beulah Ecton, 1895-1955
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1937]
1937
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
Beulah Ecton Woodard was an African-American sculptor and painter in California who specialized in African subjects. The first African American artist to show her work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, she founded the Los Angeles Negro Art Association (1937).
Papier mâché mask by Beulah Woodard. The mask depicts the face of an African man with a nose and ear ornaments.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b24_f03_011.tif
ark:/21198/z12532f1
Subject
African American sculpture
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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