<I>Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp)</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1939
name: label: Created by
content: Augusta Savage, American, 1892 - 1962
label: Subject of
content: James Weldon Johnson, American, 1871 - 1938
label: Subject of
content: J. Rosamond Johnson, American, 1873 - 1954
notes: label: Description
content: A cast metal souvenir replica version of the sculpture Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp) by Augusta Savage that was commissioned for the 1939 New York World's Fair and displayed in the courtyard of the Pavilion of Contemporary Art.
label: Description
content: The sculpture depicts a harp composed of an African American children's chorus with twelve singing, child figures arranged in descending height. The children's bodies appear somewhat cylindrical, creating a semblance of harp strings. Arranged behind a kneeling male figure at the front of the sculpture, they are dressed in choir robes, their mouths open in song, and stand with their arms behind their backs. The standing figures are cradled by a large outstretched forearm and hand that extends from the oval base, forming the harp's soundboard. There are three inscriptions in the metal on the oval base that read: “Augusta Savage” and “Worlds Fair 1939” along with a partial word “[….] right."
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Spirituals (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Blount, Holloway and Edgerton Families
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.274
objectType: label: Type
content: sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 4 × 10 1/4 in. (27.5 × 10.2 × 26 cm)