Melvin Edwards
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Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. was 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.
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The Lifted X (1965) at the Museum of Modern Art.
Installation view of Edwards's solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum in 1970. At
left: "look through minds mirror distance and measure time" - Jayne Cortez; at right: Curtain for William and Peter.
Edwards's sketch for Homage to Coco (1970), featured in the catalogue for the Whitney Museum's annual sculpture exhibition.
Double Circles (1970), Edwards's second public art commission, on view in Harlem.Awards 1
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Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. was 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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