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Southland School Student, (sculpture). Artist:  Watson, Basil, 1958- , sculptor. Title:  Southland School Student, (sculpture). Dates:  2012. Installed and dedicated 2013. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: brick Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 1/2 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 4 x 4 ft. Inscription:  (On back proper right side of bench, in cursive:) Basil '12 signed Description:  This sculpture depicts an African American youth seated on a short bench, a writing tablet held in his proper right hand. He is dressed in a shirt, pants, and shoes designed in simple nineteenth-century style. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Ethnic -- African American Occupation -- Education -- Student Object -- Written Matter Object Type:  Sculpture Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Helena-West Helena Owner:  Administered by Phillips County, 620 Cherry Street, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas 72342 Located Court Square Park, Walnut & Perry Streets, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas Remarks:  The sculpture commemorates the schools that opened in Helena to educate the former slaves who flocked to the town after its occupation by Union troops. 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 74850176   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74850176 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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