Image / "Two billion - Creation," sculpture in wood by Beulah Woodard, 1950-1955

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Title: "Two billion - Creation," sculpture in wood by Beulah Woodard, 1950-1955
Alternative Title: Works of Beulah Woodard, Sculptor (2 of 2)
Contributor: Lawson, Bob
Woodard, Beulah Ecton, 1895-1955
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950-1955
1950/1955
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: The sculpture measures 56 x 48 x 56 cm. (22 x 18.9 x 22 in.)
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).
"Two billion - Creation," with a baby and an obscured head and hand, carved in orange wood.
Photographer's stamp on back: Bob Lawson, Photography / 15656 Saticoy St., Van Nuys, California 91406 / Tele. 780-2871
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b24_f03_003a.tif
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Subject: African American sculpture
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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