Negro Head
Dublin Core
Title
Negro Head
Creator
Halper, Roe
Format
59 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches
Identifier
177
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Biography
Roe Halper is a professional fine artist working in pen and ink, low relief wood carvings, acrylic painting and clay sculpture.
According to Woody Klein’s book "Westport, Connecticut," Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at Temple Israel on Friday night, May 22, 1964. Westport artist Roe Halper presented King with three woodcarvings, representing the civil rights struggle. He hung them proudly in the front hallway of his Atlanta home.
According to Woody Klein’s book "Westport, Connecticut," Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at Temple Israel on Friday night, May 22, 1964. Westport artist Roe Halper presented King with three woodcarvings, representing the civil rights struggle. He hung them proudly in the front hallway of his Atlanta home.
Category
WSPAC
Media
Wood carving
Media Details
Wood carving - carved and painted wood panel
Signature Position
Carved, lower left
Citation
Halper, Roe, “Negro Head,” Westport Public Schools Digital Collections, accessed September 18, 2020, https://collections.westportps.org/items/show/217.
Item Relations
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