“Beyond Cabo Verde” by Melvin Edwards The Nasher Sculpture Center this week announced a major gift to the collection from artist Melvin Edwards, whose 2015 retrospective Melvin Edwards: Five Decades was organized by the Nasher.
Edwards has given the museum four sculptures and two drawings in memory of his mother, Thelma Felton Edwards, who passed away this year.
Nasher’s director, Jeremy Strick, said Edwards’ “substantial gift is a tremendous addition to the Nasher collection. These important works represent the full range of Edwards’s mastery as a sculptor, effortlessly uniting the material and conceptual in ways that resonate over time. “This gift is especially meaningful to the Nasher, as it stands as a testament to the artist’s native