To Prudence Lopp
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Over a forty-year career, Beverly Buchanan explored the relationship between personal, historical, and geographical memory. Buchanan’s series of small-scale shack sculptures are ruminations on the aesthetics of southern vernacular architecture. Monuments to impermanence, Buchanan’s shacks memorialize quarters for enslaved people, tenant farmer dwellings, and churches, which often fell into ruin while plantation houses were preserved as historical sites.
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Beverly Buchanan American, Fuquay–Varina, NC, born 1940, died 2015, Ann Arbor, MI. To Prudence Lopp, n.d.. Metal, plastic, wood, 17 7/8 × 10 3/8 × 16 1/2 in., 15 lb. (45.4 × 26.4 × 41.9 cm, 6.8kg). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2017.32.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2017.32.1_front_PS9.jpg)
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Collection
Artist
Title
To Prudence Lopp
Date
n.d.
Medium
Metal, plastic, wood
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Dimensions
17 7/8 × 10 3/8 × 16 1/2 in., 15 lb. (45.4 × 26.4 × 41.9 cm, 6.8kg)
Credit Line
William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund
Accession Number
2017.32.1
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© artist or artist's estate
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