 James L. (Mrs.) Clark is primarily known as Sally Harfield Clark
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Biography from AskART:
| Sculptor, Sadie (Sally) Harfield Clark was born February 22, 1883 in
New York City. One of nine children, she left school at an early age
and by eleven was working in Woolworths by day and studying by
night. She eventually became a lace buyer and dress-designer.
She
met James Lippitt Clark of New Yorks Museum of Natural History in
1906. The couple married in 1918. Sally Clark accompanied
her husband on his hunting expeditions and became an avid
sportswoman. On her second trip with him to Africa she captured a
world record for her shooting of two black-maned lions in two minutes
with two shots. She mastered the craft of taxidermy under the
guidance of her husband.
It was not until the 1930s that Sally
Clark began to sculpt animals. She was mostly self-taught with
her husband, a sculptor, offering critique. Most of her work is
of African animals though she did visit western states including
California, Arizona and Wyoming. From these experiences, she
sculpted grizzlies and other wildlife. She also sculpted a
collection of busts of famous Americans including Amelia Earhart,
Charlie Chaplin and Buffalo Bill Cody.
Clark exhibited at the
National Academy of Design 114th exhibition in 1940 and with her
husband at Abercrombie and Fitch Art Gallery in 1968. Her work is
represented in the collection of the Explorers Club, New York.
Sally Clark died on the first of November 1981 in New York City.
Source:
Phil Kovinick and Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
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