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The Sculpture of William Edmondson is the first large-scale museum examination of the artist's career in over twenty years. The exhibition draws on new scholarship and methodologies to contextualize Edmondson's sculpture. This catalogue expands on the exhibition, including photos of Edmondson's grave markers and his yard art.

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One of the greatest stone carvers of Modernism." —New York Times

Table of Contents
  • Foreword and Acknowledgements—James W. Tottis
  • Tombstones, Garden Ornaments, and Stonework—Marin R. Sullivan
  • Hewing Stones of Hope in a City of Discarded Rocks: William Edmondson’s Nashville—Learotha Williams
  • Edmondson’s Stone Women—RenÉe Ater
  • Quotidian Monumentality: Practices of the Everyday in the Art of William Edmondson—KÉla Jackson
  • Cartography—Anne Monahan
  • The Labor of Commercial Collaboration: Photographs of William Edmondson and his Sculpture—Ellen Macfarlane
  • Tombstones by William Edmondson in Nashville Cemeteries—Betsy Phillips
  • Selected Biographical and Historical Chronology
  • Selected Exhibition History
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Checklist of the Exhibition
  • Photography Credits
  • Contributors

The Sculpture of William Edmondson

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    Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
    Publication Date: 30/09/2021
    ISBN13: 9780826502360, 978-0826502360
    ISBN10: 0826502369
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    The Sculpture of William Edmondson is the first large-scale museum examination of the artist's career in over twenty years. The exhibition draws on new scholarship and methodologies to contextualize Edmondson's sculpture. This catalogue expands on the exhibition, including photos of Edmondson's grave markers and his yard art.

    Trade Review
    One of the greatest stone carvers of Modernism." —New York Times

    Table of Contents
    • Foreword and Acknowledgements—James W. Tottis
    • Tombstones, Garden Ornaments, and Stonework—Marin R. Sullivan
    • Hewing Stones of Hope in a City of Discarded Rocks: William Edmondson’s Nashville—Learotha Williams
    • Edmondson’s Stone Women—RenÉe Ater
    • Quotidian Monumentality: Practices of the Everyday in the Art of William Edmondson—KÉla Jackson
    • Cartography—Anne Monahan
    • The Labor of Commercial Collaboration: Photographs of William Edmondson and his Sculpture—Ellen Macfarlane
    • Tombstones by William Edmondson in Nashville Cemeteries—Betsy Phillips
    • Selected Biographical and Historical Chronology
    • Selected Exhibition History
    • Selected Bibliography
    • Checklist of the Exhibition
    • Photography Credits
    • Contributors

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