"Masai Warrior," clay figure by Beulah Woodard, circa 1935

Item Overview

Title

"Masai Warrior," clay figure by Beulah Woodard, circa 1935

Alternative title

Works of Beulah Woodard, Sculptor (1 of 2)

Artist

Woodard, Beulah Ecton, 1895-1955

Date Created

[circa 1935]

Date

1930

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

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).
Maasai Warrior, a clay figure painted black.
Previously in the collection of Golden State Mutual Life, sold at auction by Swann Auction Galleries in 2007. This work was exhibited in Woodard's one-woman show at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1935.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

sculpture

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American sculpture