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Also Known As Augusta Christine Fells • Augusta Christine Savage
Born February 29, 1892 • Florida
Died March 26, 1962 (aged 70) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Gamin”

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Edmonia Lewis
American sculptor
Enoch Wood
English potter
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Butades Of Sicyon
ancient Greek sculptor
James Earle Fraser
American sculptor
Gutzon Borglum.
Gutzon Borglum
American sculptor
Ream, Vinnie
Vinnie Ream
American sculptor
Ney, Elisabet: sculpture of Stephen F. Austin
Elisabet Ney
American sculptor
Epstein, Sir Jacob
Sir Jacob Epstein
British sculptor
Anne Whitney's sculpture of Charles Sumner
Anne Whitney
American sculptor
Hiram Powers
American sculptor
Mears, Helen Farnsworth
Helen Farnsworth Mears
American sculptor
Manship, Paul
Paul Manship
American sculptor
Lachaise, Gaston: Head of a Woman
Gaston Lachaise
French-American sculptor
Ball, Thomas: sculpture of Daniel Webster
Thomas Ball
American sculptor
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
United States jurist
Sister Thea Bowman
Thea Bowman
Roman Catholic nun and teacher
Simone Leigh
Simone Leigh
American artist
Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas
American mixed-media artist
Selma Burke and her bust of Booker T. Washington
Selma Burke
American sculptor and educator

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