Sidney Littlefield Kasfir
Born1939 (1939)
York, Maine, United States
DiedDecember 29, 2019(2019-12-29) (aged 79–80)
Maralal, Kenya
OccupationArt historian
Known forHistory of African art
Academic background
EducationHarvard University
Alma materUniversity of London
ThesisVisual Arts of the Idoma of Central Nigeria (1979)
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Sidney Carolyn Littlefield Kasfir (1939–2019) was an art historian of African art.

Career

Sidney Littlefield Kasfir received a MA in art history from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in African art from the University of London in 1979 with a dissertation on visual arts of the Idoma people. She was a professor at Emory University for two decades.[2]

Works

References

  1. ^ Nagawa, Margaret; Serubiri, Moses (February 4, 2020). "In Remembrance of Sidney Littlefield Kasfir (1939–2019)". Start Journal. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Sidney Carolyn Littlefield Kasfir CV" (PDF).
  3. ^ Ezra, Kate (2001). "Review of Contemporary African Art". African Arts. 34 (1): 11–93. doi:10.2307/3337728. ISSN 0001-9933. JSTOR 3337728.
  4. ^ Förster, Till (2001). "Review of Contemporary African Art". Anthropos. 96 (1): 267–269. ISSN 0257-9774. JSTOR 40465501.
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  6. ^ Parker, John (2013). "Review of Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 76 (1): 195–197. doi:10.1017/S0041977X12001917. ISSN 0041-977X. JSTOR 41811301. S2CID 162672556.
  7. ^ Hahn, Hans Peter (2014). "Review of African art and agency in the workshop". Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde. 60: 284–287. ISSN 0078-7809. JSTOR 44242859.
  8. ^ Perrill, Elizabeth (2015). "Review of African Art and Agency in the Workshop". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 48 (1): 131–133. ISSN 0361-7882. JSTOR 44715395.

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