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Sculptor, b. 1877 - d. 1931

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    • After May Howard Jackson (American 1877 - 1931), Slave Boy, Modeled 1899, Late 20th Century Cast, Patinated bronze bust on marble plinth, Height overall: 17-3/4 in (45.1 cm)
      Apr. 12, 2024

      After May Howard Jackson (American 1877 - 1931), Slave Boy, Modeled 1899, Late 20th Century Cast, Patinated bronze bust on marble plinth, Height overall: 17-3/4 in (45.1 cm)

      Est: $1,000 - $2,000

      After May Howard Jackson (American, 1877-1931) Slave Boy, Modeled 1899, Late 20th Century Casting Patinated bronze bust on marble plinthApparently unmarked. Height overall: 17-3/4 in (45.1 cm) Property from a Private Collection

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    • MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877 - 1931) Slave Boy.
      Apr. 06, 2023

      MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877 - 1931) Slave Boy.

      Est: $5,000 - $7,000

      MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877 - 1931) Slave Boy. Bronze with a dark brown patina, mounted on a wooden base, 1899. 406x330x203 mm; 16x13x8 inches, not including the base. Cast in the 1980s. Incised with the maker's cypher, "5" and "©" at the rear lower edge. Illustrated (another cast): The Catalogue of the Barnett-Aden Collection, the Museum of African American Art, Tampa, FL and the Florida Education Fund, p. 26. This handsome bust is a posthumous work made when director Adolphus Ealey had bronze casts fabricated after works in the Barnett Aden collection. We do not believe that this is cast from an original mold. Other similar, posthumous casts of Slave Boy are in the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (cast in 1988), the Kinsey African American Art Collection and the William C. Robinson Family Collection. May Howard Jackson is one of the earliest African American female artists, alongside Edmonia Lewis (c. 1843 - 1912) and Meta Warrick Vaux Fuller (1877 - 1968). Born in the same year, Jackson and Fuller both came from privileged families that embraced fine art and studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School as well as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Jackson won a scholarship to attend in 1895, the year before Fuller - becoming the first African American woman to attend. She married in 1902, and moved to Washington, DC, establishing a studio there and exhibiting at the Corcoran Gallery. In 1912, she exhibited busts of F. J. Reverend Grimke and W. E. B. Du Bois at the Verhoof Galleries in Washington, DC, which received critical acclaim. Nevertheless, she was rejected by the Washington Society of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. She later joined the faculty at Howard University, where she taught with James A. Porter, and continued to exhibit her artwork at the Harmon Foundation and the Barnett-Aden Gallery. Farrington pp. 72-74; St. James p. 266.

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    • MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877 - 1931) (AFTER) Slave Boy.
      Mar. 31, 2022

      MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877 - 1931) (AFTER) Slave Boy.

      Est: $8,000 - $12,000

      MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877 - 1931) (AFTER) Slave Boy. Bronze with a dark brown patina, mounted on a wooden base, 1899. 406x330x203 mm; 16x13x8 inches, not including the base. Cast in the 1980s. Incised with the maker's cypher, "5" and "©" at the rear lower edge. Illustrated: The Catalogue of the Barnett-Aden Collection, the Museum of African American Art, Tampa, FL and the Florida Education Fund, another cast, p. 26. This handsome bust is a posthumous work made when director Adolphus Ealey had bronze casts fabricated after works in the Barnett Aden collection - it was not cast from an original mold. Other similar casts of Slave Boy are in the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Kinsey African American Art Collection and the William C. Robinson Family Collection. May Howard Jackson is one of the earliest African American female artists, alongside Edmonia Lewis (c. 1843 - 1912) and Meta Warrick Vaux Fuller (1877 - 1968). Born in the same year, Jackson and Fuller both came from privileged families that embraced fine art and studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School as well as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Jackson won a scholarship to attend in 1895, the year before Fuller - becoming the first African American woman to attend. She married in 1902, and moved to Washington, DC, establishing a studio there and exhibiting at the Corcoran Gallery. In 1912, she exhibited busts of F. J. Reverend Grimke and W. E. B. Du Bois at the Verhoof Galleries in Washington, DC, which received critical acclaim. Nevertheless, she was rejected by the Washington Society of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. She later joined the faculty at Howard University, where she taught with James A. Porter, and continued to exhibit her artwork at the Harmon Foundation and the Barnett-Aden Gallery. Farrington pp. 72-74; St. James p. 266.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877- 1931) Morris Heights, N.Y. City.
      Apr. 05, 2018

      MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877- 1931) Morris Heights, N.Y. City.

      Est: $5,000 - $7,000

      MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877- 1931) Morris Heights, N.Y. City. Oil on linen canvas, mounted to wood panel, 1912. 311x406 mm; 12 1/4x16 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower right recto. Inscribed "Morris Heights, N. Y. city. Looking south. Morning, June 3rd, 1912" in oil, upper left verso. Provenance: private collection, New York. This charming, Impressionist plein air study is the first example of a painting by May Howard Jackson that we have located. Known as a sculptor, Jackson is one of the earliest African-American female artists - alongside Edmonia Lewis (c. 1843-1912) and Meta Warrick Vaux Fuller (1877-1968). Born the same year, May Howard Jackson and Fuller both came from privileged families that embraced fine arts and studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Jackson won a scholarship to attend in 1895, the year before Fuller--becoming the first African-American woman to attend. She married in 1902, and moved to Washington, DC, establishing a studio there and exhibiting at the Corcoran Gallery. In 1912, she exhibited busts of F. J. Reverend Grimke and W. E. B. Du Bois at the Verhoof Galleries in Washington, DC, and received critical acclaim. Nevertheless, she was rejected by the Washington Society of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. She later joined the faculty at Howard University, where she taught with James A. Porter, and continued to exhibit her artwork at the Harmon Foundation and the Barnett-Aden Gallery in the 1920s and '30s. Her work today is found in the Barnett-Aden Collection and in the collection of Howard University. Farrington pp. 72-74; St. James p. 266.

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    • MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877 - 1931) Shell-Baby (Baby in a Clam Shell).
      Feb. 14, 2013

      MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877 - 1931) Shell-Baby (Baby in a Clam Shell).

      Est: $6,000 - $9,000

      MAY HOWARD JACKSON (1877 - 1931) Shell-Baby (Baby in a Clam Shell). Cast bronze, with a dark brown patina, 1914. Approximately 83x127x89 mm; 3 1/4x5x3 1/2 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed with the foundry mark "Desygn ©" on the back. Provenance: private collection. This early, small bronze is the first work by this early 20th century sculptor to come to auction. Born the same year as Meta Warrick Fuller, according to Lisa E. Farrington, both came from privileged families that embraced the fine arts and studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. May Howard Jackson won a scholarship to attend in 1895, the year before Fuller--becoming the first African-American woman to attend. She married in 1902, and moved to Washington, DC, establishing a studio there and exhibiting at the Corcoran Gallery and the Veerhoff Galleries by 1916. She was rejected by the Washington Society of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design before joining the faculty at Howard University, where she taught James A. Porter. She showed her works at the Harmon Foundation and the Barnett-Aden Gallery in the 1920s and '30s. Her work today is found in the Barnett-Aden Collection and at Howard University. Farrington pp. 72-74; St. James p. 266.

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