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Beulah Woodard holding a papier mâché mask of an African man that she made, New York, circa 1937

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Title: Beulah Woodard holding a papier mâché mask of an African man that she made, New York, circa 1937
Alternative Title: Portraits of Beulah Woodard with her sculpture
Contributor: Allen
Woodard, Beulah Ecton, 1895-1955
Date Created and/or Issued: 1937
[circa 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).
Portrait of the artist Beulah Woodard holding a papier mâché mask of an African man ornamented with a beaded necklace and headband.
Written on back of photo: Beulah Woodard with papier mâché mask which she made of [...] / Photo By Allen, New York, N. Y.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b24_f04_001a.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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