Maggie McCurdy

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Maggie McCurdy (born 1932) is an American sculptor.

McCurdy is a native of Fairview, West Virginia. She earned a bachelor's degree from West Virginia University in 1954 and attended the Yale School of Art. She is a sculptor, both post-war and contemporary meaning her work was made from around 1945 to the present. [1] She has held numerous solo exhibitions around the United States, and her work has been seen in group shows as well. [2] Her piece Guardian of Small Beasts of 1972 is in the collection of the Spencer Museum of Art. [3]

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References

  1. "Maggie McCurdy". MutualArt. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  2. Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-135-63882-5.
  3. "Spencer Museum of Art - Collection - McCurdy, Maggie Maggie McCurdy" . Retrieved 31 January 2017.