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Melvin Edwards

Melvin Edwards

American, born 1937

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Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. is an American abstract sculptor, printmaker, and arts educator. Edwards, an African-American artist, was raised in segregated communities in Texas and an integrated community in Ohio. He moved to California in 1955, beginning his professional art career while an undergraduate student. Originally trained as a painter, Edwards began exploring sculpture and welding techniques in Los Angeles in the early 1960s, before moving again to New York in 1967.

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Works in Collection

11 works
Alabama

Alabama

Melvin Edwards

1989

B Wire

B Wire

Melvin Edwards

1970

Chains and Things

Chains and Things

Melvin Edwards

1970

Chitungwiza from the Lynch Fragment series

Chitungwiza from the Lynch Fragment series

Melvin Edwards

1989

Cup of? from the Lynch Fragment series

Cup of? from the Lynch Fragment series

Melvin Edwards

1988

Fragments and Shadows

Fragments and Shadows

Melvin Edwards

2001

Independent

Independent

Melvin Edwards

2004

Katutura from the Lynch Fragment series

Katutura from the Lynch Fragment series

Melvin Edwards

1986

Long Distance

Long Distance

Jim Amaral

1976–2005

Sekuru Knows from the Lynch Fragment series

Sekuru Knows from the Lynch Fragment series

Melvin Edwards

1988

The Lifted X

The Lifted X

Melvin Edwards

1965

Exhibitions

4 exhibitions

Jul 01, 1971 – Sep 27, 1971

The Artist as Adversary

140 artists · 1 curator

Sep 11, 1975 – Dec 01, 1975

76 Jefferson

37 artists

Sep 20, 1977 – Dec 04, 1977

American Drawn and Matched

35 artists · 1 curator

Jan 31, 1988 – Apr 19, 1988

Committed to Print

125 artists · 1 curator