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Alferez, Enrique,
Portrait female -- Wright, Sophie Bell
Occupation -- Education
Object -- Written Matter
Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Sculpture
Sophie B. Wright Monument, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Alferez, Enrique, 1901-1999, sculptor.
Title:
Sophie B. Wright Monument, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
April 1988.; Dedicated April 17, 1988.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze on concrete base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 6 ft. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. W. 8 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A
sculpture
of Sophie B. Wright, seated on a square box. She wears a long skirt, a high-necked blouse, and a shawl. Her hair is in a bun and her gaze is down. Her legs are crossed at the ankles and her torso is twisted slightly to the proper left. She holds a book in her proper right hand which rests on her proper left thigh. Her proper left hand rests on the seat beside her. The
sculpture
rests on a cylindrical concrete base which rests on a larger, flat circular base.
Subject:
Portrait female
--
Wright, Sophie Bell
--
Full length
Occupation
--
Education
--
Teacher
Object
--
Written Matter
--
Book
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Louisiana
--
New
Orleans
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of
New
Orleans
, Department of Property Management, 1300 Perdido Street, City Hall, Room 5W01,
New
Orleans
,
Louisiana
70112
Located Sophie B. Wright Place Park, Magazine & St. Mary Streets,
New
Orleans
,
Louisiana
70130
Remarks:
Sophie Bell Wright, educator and welfare worker, was born in
New
Orleans
, June 5, 1866. At the age of three, she seriously injured her back, but persevered to open a "Day School for Girls" at the age of 15. She later went on to conduct a free night school for men and boys, with an enrollment of 1,500. In 1912, at the age of 46,
New
Orlean's "First Citizen" died of heart disease.
The
sculpture
was commissioned by the Sophie B. Wright Monument Committee, a non-profit organization dedicated to memorializing Wright as a model for present day
New
Orleans
teachers. IAS files contain excerpt on Wright from Notable American Women: 1607-1950.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Louisiana
,
New
Orleans
survey, 1993.
Times-Picayune (
New
Orleans
, LA), March 13, 1988.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Times-Picayune (
New
Orleans
, LA), March 13, 1988.
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 LA000019
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