The soprano at the mourning Easter wake of 1968

Pressley, Daniel (1918-1971)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

1968

Height:

89.5 cm  (35 1/4 in.)

Width:

45.7 cm  (18 in.)

Depth:

2.5 cm  (1 in.)

Technique / Medium:

varnished walnut relief

Description

This carving shows a singer at the wake for Martin Luther King Jr., just after he was assassinated in 1968. Her clasped hands and anguished expression evoke the widespread passion and grief over the death of a hero to black Americans. (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Iconclass

42E131
mourning the dead

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Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5288