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    		• Kaminsky, Hank,
     
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    		• Metal Dynamics Corporation,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Mills, Wilbur D.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Law
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Heber Springs
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Honorable Wilbur D. Mills, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kaminsky, Hank, 1939- , sculptor.
    Metal Dynamics Corporation, founder.
    Title: 
    The Honorable Wilbur D. Mills, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1993. Dedicated Nov. 6, 1993.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 2 ft. x 1 ft. 3 in. x 8 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 5 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left side of bust base, incised lettering:) KAMINSKY/'93/MDC (On front of bust base, raised lettering:) THE HONORABLE/WILBUR D./MILLS (On metal plaque on front of pedestal:) THE HONORABLE/WILBUR D. MILLS/MAY 24-1909 - MAY 2, 1992/COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE/WHITE COUNTY, 1935-1939/UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1939-1977/SPONSOR OF GREERS FERRY DAM/AND RESERVOIR PROJECT/MASTER OF CEREMONIES DEDICATION/OCTOBER 3, 1963./THE BELOVED CONGRESSMAN./HE LIVED TO SERVE. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A bust of Wilbur D. Mills wearing eyeglasses. He is dressed in a suit, vest and necktie. The bust is atop a rectangular pedestal. The pedestal rises out of one side of a bricked planter box.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Mills, Wilbur D. -- Bust
    Occupation -- Political -- Congressman
    Occupation -- Law -- Judge
    Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Heber Springs
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Wilbur D. Mills Foundation, P. O. Box 798, Bryant, Arkansas 72089
    Located John F. Kennedy Park, John F. Kennedy Overlook and Memorial near Greers Ferry Dam, Heber Springs, Arkansas
    Remarks: 
    A bust of Wilbur D. Mills, United States Congressman from Arkansas from 1939 to 1977. Mills was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee for 17 of his 38 years in Congress. As a Congressman, Mills sponsored the Greers Ferry Dam and Reservoir Project, near which his bust now resides. During his early years in public service, Mills was a County and Probate Judge for White County. He died in 1992. IAS files contain a clipping from the Sun-Times (Heber Springs, Ar), Nov. 10, 1993, pg. 1-2, discussing the dedication of the sculpture and IAS files contain a dedication program. For additional reading, see: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, May 2, 1993, pg. 3D.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS AR000261
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