I heard God talking to me, William Edmondson and his stone carvings, Elizabeth Spires
Type
Label
I heard God talking to me, William Edmondson and his stone carvings, Elizabeth Spires
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 54)
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
I heard God talking to me
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
213598395
Responsibility statement
Elizabeth Spires
Sub title
William Edmondson and his stone carvings
Summary
One night in the early 1930s, William Edmondson, the son of former slaves and a janitor in Nashville, Tennessee, heard God speaking to him. And so he began to carve - tombstones, birdbaths, and stylized human figures, whose spirits seemed to emerge fully formed from the stone. Soon Edmondson's talents caught the eye of prominent members of the art world, and in 1937 he became the first black artist to have a solo exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Here, in twenty-three free-verse poems, award-winning poet Elizabeth Spires gives voice to Edmondson and his creations, which tell their individual stories with wit and passion. With stunning photographs, including ten archival masterpieces by Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Edward Weston, this is a compelling portrait of a truly original American artist
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Creator
Subject
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1