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ID: 500017650
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500017650

 

Record Type: Person
Purifoy, Noah (American sculptor, 1917-2004)

Note: Purifoy was a founding member of the California Arts Council. He co-founded the Watts Towers Arts Center in Los Angeles in 1964. He was the first African-American student to be admitted to the Chinouard School of Art in 1952. Purifoy was best known for his works in assemblage.

Names:
Purifoy, Noah (preferred,V,index,Dutch-P,NA)
Noah Purifoy (V,display)
Purifoy, Noah Sylvester (U)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)
African American

Roles:
artist (preferred)
sculptor
assemblage artist

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Snow Hill (Wilcox county, Alabama, United States) (inhabited place)
Died:  Joshua Tree (San Bernardino county, California, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   Joshua Tree (San Bernardino county, California, United States) (inhabited place)

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Purifoy, Noah (I)

Biographies:
(American sculptor, 1917-2004) ..... [VP Preferred]
(American artist, 1917-2004) ..... [MoMA]
(American assemblage artist, 1917-2004) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Noah Purifoy ........ [MoMA, VP]
..........................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Purifoy, Noah ........ [MoMA Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred]
............................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
............................  CAA News 29/4 (2004) 27
............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules 41310
............................  Mason, Noah Purifoy (1992)
............................  Now Dig This! Hammer (2012)
............................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 480412
Purifoy, Noah Sylvester ........ [RKD]
...............................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 480412

Subject: ........ [MoMA, RKD, VP]
....................  CAA News 29/4 (2004) 27
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules 41310
....................  Lewis, African American Art and Artists (2003) 198-199
....................  Mason, Noah Purifoy (1992)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 480412
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q16016249
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... CAA News 29/4 (2004) 27
.......... Now Dig This! Hammer (2012) accessed 27 March 2018
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