5 Letters
Hurston, the formidable writer and anthropologist whose stories are a standard of college American literature courses, was a close friend of Shirley Kinsey’s uncle, James A. Webster; she discovered these letters among his papers after his death in 1993. Webster befriended many Harlem Renaissance artists and scholars, Hurston included, while he was a student at Columbia University. The two continued their friendship after Webster’s graduation, spending time together in St. Augustine, Florida, where he was a professor at Florida Memorial College. Hurston’s letters to Webster offer glimpses of a prominent public figure’s intimacies and personal moments in a way not usually revealed to us. The Kinseys treasure such synchronicity as it parallels their small acts of collecting writ large in a national and historical context.
Zora Neale Hurston (1891 – 1960)
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960): Escritora estadounidense e influyente figura del Renacimiento de Harlem. Explora su obra literaria y sus investigaciones antropológicas sobre la cultura afroamericana en el Sur.
La Colección de Arte Africano-Americano Kinsey (Los Ángeles, Estados Unidos de América)
Descubre la Colección Kinsey: un tesoro de arte y historia afroamericana en Los Ángeles. Más de 10,000 piezas que celebran la resiliencia, el talento y la cultura negra desde el siglo XVI.
Sobre esta obra
- Título: 5 Letters
- Artista: Zora Neale Hurston
- Año: 1942
- Formato: Panoramic
- Estado de derechos de autor: Bajo derechos de autor
- Ubicación: La Colección de Arte Africano-Americano Kinsey
- Color predominante: Putty
- Matiz de color: Golden Yellow Range

