Arthur Monroe, an African-American artist and friend of Johnson’s, said that if the missing art had been by a white sculptor, "the university would have turned the campus upside down to find it."
Monday, February 20, 2012
UC Berkeley's "amazing incompetence" selling off a huge sculpture — supposedly worth $1+ million — for $164.63.
The 22-foot long carved panel was made by Sargent Johnson (1888-1967), "a celebrated African-American sculptor."
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art,
Berkeley,
race and pop culture,
sculpture
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