Asleep in Stone

Title: Asleep in Stone
Date: 1968
Creator: Gregory L. Ridley Jr. See all items with this value
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: Gregory L. Ridley, Jr., was an artist from Smyrna, TN. Asleep in Stone is a marble sculpture of a person asleep. The subject's face is subtly carved into the marble, giving the impression that the subject is not separate from the stone.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Resistance See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Sculpture; Black art; BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976); American South
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Sculpture
Medium: Marble
Measurements: 7.5 x 8.25in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 1968.008
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.279
Rights: All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
Contributing Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Source: Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
Collection: Atlanta Art Annuals See all items with this value
Language: English

Item sets: Art; HBCU Students in the Atlanta University Annuals Collection; Clark Atlanta University Collections