Study for Pyramid Up and Down Pyramid
<p>Melvin Edwards, <em>Study for Pyramid Up and Down Pyramid</em>, 1969–1970. Fiber-tipped pen on paper, sheet (sight): 18 3/4 × 24 in. (47.6 × 61 cm) Image (sight): 18 3/4 × 24 in. (47.6 × 61 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 2020.149. © Melvin Edwards/ Artists Rights Society INC. (ARS), New York</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1969
- Dimensions
- Sheet (sight): 18 3/4 × 24 in. (47.6 × 61 cm) Image (sight): 18 3/4 × 24 in. (47.6 × 61 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Melvin Edwards
Artist
Sculpture
Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. is an American abstract sculptor, printmaker, and arts educator. Edwards, an African-American artist, was raised in segregated communities in Texas and an integrated community in Ohio. He moved to California in 1955, beginning his professional art career while an undergraduate student. Originally trained as a painter, Edwards began exploring sculpture and welding techniques in Los Angeles in the early 1960s, before moving again to New York in 1967.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Melvin Edwards
- Year
- 1969
- Dimensions
- Sheet (sight): 18 3/4 × 24 in. (47.6 × 61 cm) Image (sight): 18 3/4 × 24 in. (47.6 × 61 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1969-169180
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified