Maurie D. McInnis awarded the 24th Annual Eldredge Prize for her book about abolitionist art

Art Daily Newsletter Her book was recognized for its integration of art and cultural studies, tracing the American slave trade through the visual and written records of a British artist. WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to Maurie D. McInnis for her book Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade (University of Chicago Press, 2011). Her book was recognized for its integration of art and cultural studies, tracing the American slave trade through the visual and written records of Eyre Crowe, a British artist who visited a slave auction in Richmond, Va., in 1853. “It is particularly important that the jurors are honoring Maurie McInnis’s persuasive book about abolitionist art just as the nation is examining the legacy of the American Civil War 150 years later,” said Elizabeth Broun, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. ... More