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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Helena-West Helena
     
     
    Contraband Family, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kellersberger, Scot, sculptor.
    Kellersberger, Laura, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Contraband Family, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed Dec. 2012. Dedicated Feb. 23, 2013.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Cor-Ten steel and wood.
    Dimensions: 
    5 1/2 x 3 x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    This sculpture depicts an African American family seeking freedom in the Union lines at Helena, Arkansas. The proper right figure is a male gripping a wooden walking stick. The central figure is a female child. The proper left figure is an adult female. All are painted. The sculptures are part of an interpretive station that also features paintings and wayside exhibits.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Family
    Ethnic -- African American
    History -- United States -- Black History
    Dress -- Accessory -- Cane
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Helena-West Helena
    Owner: 
    Administered by Delta Cultural Center, 141 Cherry Street, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas 72342
    Located Freedom Park, 750 Biscoe Street, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was painted by Ben Bridwell.
    References: 
    State of Arkansas, Department of Arkansas Heritage, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, 2013.
    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 74850175
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