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ID: 500108626 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500108626			Record Type: Person

Edwards, Melvin (American sculptor, born 1937)

Note: Melvin Edwards is an African-American sculptor who was born in Houston, Texas. His work consists mainly of metal outdoor sculpture. He was educated at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Names:
	Edwards, Melvin (preferred,V,index,LC,Dutch-P,NA)
	Melvin Edwards (V,display)
	Mel Edwards (V)
	Edwards, Mel (V)
	Edwards, Melvin E. (U)

Nationalities:
	American (preferred)
	African American

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	painter
	sculptor
	printmaker
	educator
	teacher

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Houston (Harris county, Texas, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:

	active:		Los Angeles (Los Angeles county, California, United States) (inhabited place)
	active:		New York City (New York state, United States) (inhabited place)

List/Hierarchical Position:

....

Persons, Artists

........

Edwards, Melvin (I)

Biographies:


	(American sculptor, born 1937) ..... [VP Preferred] (American painter, sculptor, b.1937) ..... [BHA] (artist, born 1937) ..... [GRL] (American artist, born 1937) ..... [MoMA] (American sculptor, 1937-) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

Edwards, Mel ........	[GRL, MoMA, VP]
..........................	Lewis, African American Art and Artists (2003) 339
..........................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) nr 94015341
..........................	MoMA, Spreadsheet of artist authority designations (2019-)

Edwards, Melvin ........	[BHA Preferred, GRL Preferred, MoMA Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP]
................................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
................................	BHA, Authority file (1973-)
................................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules 1685
................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) nr 94015341
................................	Now Dig This! Hammer (2012)
................................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 253136

Edwards, Melvin E. ........	[GRL]
.....................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) nr 94015341

Mel Edwards ........	[VP]
........................	Lewis, African American Art and Artists (2003) 210

Melvin Edwards ........	[MoMA, VP]
..............................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
..............................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ........	[BHA, Gallery Systems, GRL, MoMA, RKD, VP]
....................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-) http://www.moma.org/collection/artists/1685
....................	BHA, Authority file (1973-)
....................	Cederholm, Afro-American artists (1973) 87-88
....................	Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: nr94015341
....................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules 1685
....................	International Directory of Exhibiting Artists (1982-) 1983
....................	Kingsley, Afro-American abstraction (1982)
....................	Lewis, African American Art and Artists (2003) 210-211; 339; 210
....................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: nr94015341
....................	MoMA, Spreadsheet of artist authority designations (2019-)
....................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 253136
....................	VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-) 96494220
....................	Whitney Museum of American Art Online Catalog (2005-)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Cederholm, Afro-American artists (1973) 87-88
	..........	Lewis, African American Art and Artists (2003) 210-211
	..........	Now Dig This! Hammer (2012)

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