Sale 2487 - African-American Fine Art, October 4, 2018

8 c AUGUSTA SAVAGE (1892 - 1962) Head of a Young Girl (Martiniquaise) . Painted plaster mounted on a marble base, circa 1925-35. Approximately 165 mm; 6 3 / 4 inches high, 285 mm; 11 1 / 4 inches high, including the base. With the artist’s signature stamp at the edge of the base verso. Provenance: Sarah West, New York; thence by descent to the current owner, New York. Sarah West was a close friend of Augusta Savage; she taught textiles, block prints and metal crafts at the Harlem Community Art Center during the WPA period (1937 -1942) when Savage was the director. West owned other important sculptures by Savage, including Gamin and Terpsichore , and paintings by fellow WPA instructors Rex Goreleigh and Norman Lewis (see lot 22). This head appears to fit the title of a work listed by Savage as Martiniquaise or Head of a Martinique Woman made in Paris circa 1930 at the same time as Terpsichore . The modeling of the head is similar to Head of a Boy circa 1935, which is mounted on a very similar marble base. Bearden/ Henderson p. 180. Thanks to Theresa Leininger-Miller for her assistance in this research. [8,000/12,000]