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ID: 500009936
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500009936
 
Record Type: Person
Puryear, Martin (American sculptor, born 1941)

Note: Martin Puryear is one of the leading African-American abstract sculptors. He received a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Catholic University of America. In 1963 he joined the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone. In West Africa, he gained appreciation for craft. This is evidenced by his use of materials such as wood, rope, leather and hide to create post-Minimalist sculptures that reflect organic forms. African-American abstract sculptor. Uses materials such as wood, rope, leather and hide to create post-Minimalist sculptures that reflect organic forms.

Names:
Puryear, Martin (preferred,V,index,LC,Dutch-P,NA)
Martin Puryear (V,display)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)
African American
Swedish

Roles:
artist (preferred)
sculptor
mixed-media artist
installation artist
painter
draftsman
graphic artist

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Washington (DC, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   Accord (Ulster county, New York state, United States) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
student of ....  Kevnov, James  
..................  (American cabinetmaker, born 1920) [500122185]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Puryear, Martin (I)

Biographies:
(American sculptor, born 1941) ..... [VP Preferred]
(American sculptor, b.1941) ..... [BHA]
( sculptor, born 1941) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(American sculptor, born 1941) ..... [AVERY]
(artist, born 1941) ..... [GRL]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(American artist, born 1941) ..... [MoMA]
(American sculptor, 1941-) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Martin Puryear ........ [CL-Courtauld, GRISC, MoMA, VP]
..............................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
..............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..............................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
..............................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Puryear, Martin ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, MoMA Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred]
................................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules 4758
................................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
................................  J. Paul Getty Museum News Release (3 August 1999)
................................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 85279545
................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 489564
................................  Witt Library, Authority files

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, CL-Courtauld, Gallery Systems, GRISC, GRL, MoMA, RKD, VP]
....................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-) http://www.moma.org/collection/artists/4758
....................  Ask Art [online] (2003) accessed 2 June 2003
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n85279545
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules 4758
....................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
....................  J. Paul Getty Museum News Release (3 August 1999)
....................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n85279545
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 489564
....................  SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context [online] (2018-) 75683942
....................  ULAN 500009936
....................  VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-) 95741692
....................  Who's Who in American Art (1936-) 1991
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q22275399; Q6776418
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, VP]
.......... Lewis, African American Art and Artists (2003) 220-221
.......... ULAN 500009936
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