765. Andrew Coppola (American, 1941-1992), "Black Odyssey", c.1976; bronze, 22" x 20", signed in script and monogrammed. Coppola graduated from the Hartford Art School (Connecticut) in 1963, and received a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for sculpture in Florence, Italy (1964-65). He exhibited at the Colona Galeria (Florence); Slater Museum, Norwich Free Academy (Norwich, CT); New Britain Museum of American Art (CT); Wadsworth Atheneum (Hartford); Haverford College (PA); Hartford College (CT); and the New Jersey Art and Architecture Traveling Exhibition. Coppola was an adjunct faculty member of the University of Hartford, and a featured lecturer/instructor at the Boston College of Art, University of New Hampshire, West Hartford Art League, and the University of Pennsylvania. 9000-12,000 Commissions: "Star Dancer", a seven foot cast aluminum, polished colored anodized sculpture, Berlin, CT Town Hall (1975) "Tower Park Fountain", granite, Winsted, CT (1977) "Untitled", series of figurative bronzes for the National Jewish Federation of Boston (1979) Awards and Prizes: The Dessie Greer Award for Sculpture Portrait, National Academy of Design, (1971); Sculpture Prize: Ellsworth Gallery National Exhibition (1977) Individual Artist's Grant: Connecticut Council on the Arts (1977) The subject of "Black Odyssey" is Cinque, the Mende tribesman who was abducted from his homeland and sold into slavery in 1839. In transport off the coast of Cuba, Cinque valiantly led his fellow captives in mutiny against their oppressors. Provenance: Amistad House, Hartford, Connecticut

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