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. .