Few sculptures by Harlem Renaissance artist Augusta Savage have survived—though ... There’s also her 16-foot sculpture Lift Every Voice and Sing (1939), a star artwork at that year’s World ...

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Savage and her partners at Augusta Savage Studios Inc. had ... Her piece, the 16-foot-tall marvel Lift Every Voice and Sing (aka The Harp), received rapturous praise, and she was able to parlay ...

(upbeat music) (lively jazz music) - [Jeffreen] Not only was "Lift Every Voice and Sing" destroyed, but some say 70 of the approximately 160 works of art by Augusta Savage are lost or missing today.

The hymn inspired the legendary artist Augusta Savage to create her 16-foot sculpture Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp) for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Sherman Oaks Antique Mall/Getty ...

On Feb. 12, 1900, 500 students at Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal, gave the first performance of "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing ... that Augusta Savage faced in 1939.

Sculptor Augusta Savage once said: "I was a Leap Year baby, and it seems to me that I have been leaping ever since." Born on Feb. 29, 1892, Savage leapt from the Jim Crow South to public attention ...

Born on Feb. 29, 1892, Savage once said, "I was a Leap Year baby, and it... Sculptor Augusta Savage Said Her Legacy Was The Work Of Her Students Sculptor Augusta Savage once said: "I was a Leap ...