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Culture Desk: Sculpture from the Heart of Tennessee

Brooks Museum of Art

William Edmondson came to sculpting later in life. With no prior training, he picked up a hammer, a railroad spike and some discarded limestone and got to work making what God told him to make: a tombstone. Fortunately, it wasn't his own. On this week's Culture Desk, curator Marina Pacini talks about why this Tennessee artist's work has a special place in the Brooks Museum's permanent collection

Courting Lady, ca. 1940s

Artist: William Edmondson , American, 1874-1951 

Medium: Limestone

Object: 15 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 8 in. (39.4 x 14.9 x 20.3 cm)

Credit Line: Gift of AutoZone, Inc.

Object Number: 2001.15.13

Copyright: © Estate of the artist

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Reporting from the gates of Graceland to the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Christopher has covered Memphis news, arts, culture and politics for more than 20 years in print and on the radio. He is currently WKNO's News Director and Senior Producer at the University of Memphis' Institute for Public Service Reporting. Join his conversations about the Memphis arts scene on the WKNO Culture Desk Facebook page.