BEIN Za C837 927n copy 1: Presentation ins. to Carl Van Vechten from Miguel Covarrubias. Bookplate of Carl Van Vechten. Original dust jacket.
Publisher:
A.A. Knopf,
Subject (Name):
Barton, Ralph, 1891-1931, Covarrubias, Miguel,--1904-1957--Original art, Covarrubias, Miguel,--1904-1957--Presentation inscription to C. Van Vechten, Crowninshield, Frank, 1872-1947, Van Vechten, Carl,--1880-1964--Bookplate, and Van Vechten, Carl,--1880-1964--Presentation inscription from M. Covarrubias
Subject (Topic):
African Americans in art, African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons, and Blacks--Caricatures and cartoons
A full-length standing figure of a boxer carved in wood by Leslie Garland Bolling. He incised the title "The Boxer" in the front edge of the surface on which the figure stands, and "Sept. 13th 33" and "LGBolling" on the back edge. A metal plate attached to the front of the base gives the title as "Wild Cat," the ring name of an unidentified boxer in Richmond, Virginia, who posed for Bolling.
Alternative Title:
Wild Cat.
Description:
Gift of Carl Van Vechten., Leslie Garland Bolling (1898-1955), African American sculptor living and working in Richmond, Virginia., and Title from sculpture and plate on base of sculpture.
Subject (Name):
Bolling, Leslie Garland, 1898- artist
Subject (Topic):
African American boxers--Portraits, African American sculptors--Virginia, African Americans in art, and Sculptors--Virginia
A head of a woman carved in wood by Leslie Garland Bolling. It is unsigned and undated. A metal plate attached to the front of the base gives the title as "Woman's Head."
Description:
Gift of Carl Van Vechten., Leslie Garland Bolling (1898-1955), African American sculptor living and working in Richmond, Virginia., and Title from plate on base.
Subject (Name):
Bolling, Leslie Garland,--1898-
Subject (Topic):
African American sculptors--Virginia, African Americans in art, and Sculptors--Virginia
