Elijah Pierce's America / edited by Nancy Ireson and Zoé Whitley ; with contributions by Sampada Aranke, Theaster Gates, Michael D. Hall.

Elijah Pierce (1892-1984) was born the youngest son of a former slave on a Mississippi farm. He began carving at an early age when his father gave him his first pocketknife. Pierce became known for his wood carvings nationally and then internationally for the first time in the 1970s. Accompanying a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Barnes Foundation (Host institution, Issuing body)
Other Authors:	Pierce, Elijah (Artist) Ireson, Nancy (Editor) Whitely, Zoe (Editor) Aranke, Sampada (Contributor) Gates, Theaster, 1973- (Contributor) Hall, Michael D., 1941- (Contributor)
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Paul Holberton Publishing, [2020]
Subjects:	Pierce, Elijah > Exhibitions. Pierce, Elijah. African American wood-carving > Exhibitions. Folk art > United States > Exhibitions. Folk art. African American wood-carving. United States. Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated works.
Genre:	Exhibitions. Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated works.
Physical Description:	206 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 x25 cm
Format:	Book

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