- Collection:
- Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012
- Title:
- Untitled
- Creator:
- Harvey, Bessie, 1929-1994
- Date of Original:
- 1929/1994
- Subject:
- Folk art--United States
African American folk art--United States
Sculpture--United States
African American sculpture--United States
Folk art--Tennessee
African American folk art--Tennessee
Sculpture--Tennessee
African American sculpture--Tennessee
Mixed media (Art)
Wood
Human figure in art
Figure sculpture--United States
Figure sculpture--20th century
Apfelbaum, Ben--Art collections - People:
- Apfelbaum, Ben
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027 - Medium:
- sculpture (visual work)
mixed media
wood - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Sculpture by Bessie Harvey.
Born in Dallas, Georgia, Bessie Harvey lived most of her life in Tennessee. Harvey began making art as a tool for perseverance as a mother of eleven children and wife to an abusive husband. She created evocative sculptures using roots, tree branches, paint, glitter, beads, and sometimes pieces of her own hair. Harvey's creative process was a kind of prayer, through which she often communed with God. Harvey began exhibiting her works in the 1970s; in 1995, she participated in the Whitney Biennial. She was aware of the popularity of her work, but remained independent. In a 1989 interview for Antique Magazine, she stated "I've got a free spirit and I won't be under nobody's thumb. Nobody will conquer me."
Gift of Ben Apfelbaum to the Tubman African American Museum. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tbmn_sftm_tm041322011-192xml
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sftm/do:tm041322011-192
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact the Tubman African American Museum re: reproduction and usage. The information contained in this resource may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission of the Tubman African American Museum.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 sculpture : mixed media, including wood ; 92 x 21 x 44 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Tubman African-American Museum
- Rights:
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