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Title
Beulah Woodard standing beside a papier mâché mask of an African man that is mounted on a wall, circa 1937
Alternative Title
Portraits of Beulah Woodard with her sculpture
Contributor
Allen
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
Portrait of the artist Beulah Woodard standing slightly below a papier mâché mask of an African man with nose and ear ornaments mounted on a wall.
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).
Written on back of photo: Beulah Ecton Woodard / Photo By Allen, New York, N. Y.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b24_f04_003a.tif
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Subject
African American sculptors
African American sculpture
Woodard, Beulah Ecton, 1895-1955
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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