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c. R. Gross, M. D. 1957 Sculptress I ,,,.. I " I _, I 1 Nancy Elizabeth Prophet* born in Artie Center, R . I. Elementary education in R. I., R. I. School of Desig n, Providence, ·R. I., Studied in Paris, France, 1922 to 1935 (L•Ecole des Beaux Arts)< Credit Prov. Evenin~ Bulletin Feb . 1930) where she won fame as a Sculptress. Later she taught at Spellman University, Atlanta, Ga., A wood sculpture, Head of a Negro received a special prize of $250 .00 in the exhibition of work of Negro Artists at the International House, 500 Riverside Drive , N. Y., under the auspices of the Harmon Foundation and the Commission on Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches, also of N. Y. Cred its: Prov. Ebening Bulletin, Feb. 1930 ~.. :t;J ~ ~- ~c> Prov. Journal, April 23, 1945. Nancy Prophet, &~ 73 1 ~ -1 s- l c i Sculptress, Dies ElizabethPropl;tet Suddenly at 70 Sculpfure--'f>meWinner i Miss Nancy E. Prophet, 70, · of 112 Benedict St. a , Rhode /}\l!iW ~ Island -sculptre ss, die'd suddenly · yeste r day at her home. Dr. Ed- 1 win Vieira, medical exammer, ) said death resulted from a E l heart attack . Miss Prophet studied at the Rhode Island School of Design before she went to Paris where E she lived from 1922 to 1935, and where she gained public acclaim in her art form. Later she taught at S1iilrnan Univ~rsity in Atlanta, Ga. Sculpture . created by _ Miss ' Prophet was bought prior to · World War II by the Automne F in· Salons Paris. In 1929 the Whitney Museum in New York gave Miss Prophet its Otto H . Kahn award for a work called "Congolaise, " done in wood and stone. Work done by Miss Prophet. F purchased by the Rhode Island School of Desikn includes two · wooden busts called ''Negro : Head" and "Discontent" and a Elizabeth Prophet. t third clone in white marble A wood sculpture, "Head of a Ne · ·called "Silence." The ,vork gro," by Elizabeth Prophe~ of War-· ; called · "Discontent'' ·was award- F wick, R. I., has received a special ed first prize in a competition ·prize of $250 in the exhibition of work conducted by the Newport Art by Negro artists at the International 1 Association. House, 500 Riverside Drive, uncler the Miss Prophet was bt;>rn in auspices of the Harmon Foundation Arctic Center in 1890, the and the Commission on Race Rela daughter of the late William tions of the Federal Council of E. Prophet. Churches. Miss Prophet, who is the daughter of a Narragansett Indian Her body last night was at father Negroand a mother, has been the state morgue waiting for ; a, student at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts some relative to claim it. Au - Ir in Paris. thorities said they were having 1 difficulty findin g a relative to ta ·e charge , r · l;e foneral. It hatfnot been r1.scertained Who -I i V j,. hi;:t· LI' \ h· q are. .