Record #:

2452

Author(s):

White, Herbert L.

Abstract:

Few people who spend a dime know that the Roosevelt head was designed in 1943 by Mooresville native Selma Burke. Burke, now 94 and very much active artistically, is a renowned artist and sculptor whose works are known around the world.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 3, Aug 1995, p33

Subject(s):

Women sculptors; African American women artists; Burke, Selma, 1901-1905