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The Business of Sculpture

Text-Dependent Questions 1. Who might a sculptor work for, if he’s not working for himself ? 2. What is the benef it of having a second job as a sculptor? 3. According to the sidebar in this chapter, where might sculp- tors work? What are some of the factors that determine where they work?

4. How did Bruce Gray market himself to grow his sculpture business? 5. What were some of the art businesses that Augusta Savage set up?

The Harp for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The sculpture was a harp that also included singing African American figures. She couldn’t afford to cast the plaster sculpture in metal, so The Harp ended up be- ing destroyed. Augusta tried to set up a small art gallery for African American art- ists, and she held her own small gallery showings. She never made enough money to keep her efforts going, though, so she eventually re- tired to the Catskill Mountains in New York. Today, though, her work is still remembered, and it still inspires other artists. Augusta proved that success means more than just a lot of money!