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Queen Wilhelmina State Park Sign, (sculpture). Artist:  Lane, Hal, 1923-1980, sculptor. Title:  Queen Wilhelmina State Park Sign, (sculpture). Dates:  1978. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Wood, carved and painted. Dimensions:  Approx. 8 ft. x 6 ft. x 4 in. Inscription:  (Lower right of tondo:) HL/78 (Across bottom of sign, raised and painted letters:) Queen Wilhelmina State Park signed Description:  A hand-carved two-sided sign. One side includes a bust portrait of Queen Wilhelmina. The other side is tondo relief of an elderly man in profile. He has white hair and is wearing a jacket or coat. Both figures are flanked by an American flag on their proper right and a Dutch flag on their proper left. The tondo and flags are surrounded by carved scrolls. The sign is placed in a square planter. Subject:  Portrait female -- Wilhelmina, Queen -- Bust Object -- Other -- Flag Ethnic -- Dutch Portrait male -- Unidentified -- Bust Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Mena Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Arkansas, Department of Parks & Tourism, One Capital Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Located Queen Wilhelmina State Park, Highway 272 entrance, Mena, Arkansas Remarks:  IAS files contain brochure "Queen Wilhelmina State Park," Arkansas Dept. of Parks & Tourism, 1994, which gives history of the park, named after Holland's Queen Wilhelmina. The first lodge at the park was built in 1897 by the Kansas City Pittsurg & Gulf Railroad. Since the railroad was largely financed by Dutch interests, the resort was named in honor of Holland's young queen. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1994. 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 AR000192   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AR000192 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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