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Keck, Charles,
Kunst Foundry,
Portrait male -- Washington, Booker T.
Ethnic -- African American
Occupation -- Education
Object -- Written Matter
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Sculpture
Booker T. Washington, (sculpture).
Artist:
Keck, Charles, 1875-1951, sculptor.
Kunst Foundry, founder.
Title:
Booker T. Washington, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Lifting the Veil of Ignorance, (sculpture).
Dates:
1927.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 1/2 ft. x 51 in. x 55 in.; Base: approx. 70 x 123 x 116 in.
Inscription:
(On lower edge of sculpture, proper left:) CHARLES KECK/SC 1927 (On rear:) KUNST FOUNDRY N.Y. (On front of base:) BOOKER T. WASHINGTON/1856 1915/HE LIFTED THE VEIL OF IGNORANCE/FROM HIS PEOPLE AND POINTED/THE WAY TO PROGRESS/THROUGH/EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY (On proper left side:) WE SHALL PROSPER IN PROPORTION/AS WE LEARN TO DIGNIFY/AND GLORIFY LABOR AND PUT/BRAINS AND SKILL/INTO THE/COMMON OCCUPATIONS OF LIFE
(On back of monument:) TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE/BOOKER T. WASHINGTON JR. SR. HIGH SCHOOL/AND WHITE AND COLORED CITIZENS OF
ATLANTA
/AS A LIVING TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF/A GREAT EDUCATOR PATRIOT AND ADVOCATE/OF INTERRACIAL JUSTICE (On proper right side:) I WILL LET NO MAN DRAG ME DOWN/SO LOW AS TO MAKE ME HATE HIM/-/THERE IS NO DEFENCE OR/SECURITY FOR ANY OF US EXCEPT/IN THE HIGHEST INTELLIGENCE/AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL.
Description:
The sculpture depicts Booker T. Washington "lifting the veil of ignorance." Washington is seen standing, dressed in suit with coat, vest and bow-tie. He lifts a shroud with his proper right hand from over the head of a younger black man seated on an anvil. Behind him and to his proper right is a plow. The seated man holds a book in his lap.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Washington, Booker T. -- Full length
Ethnic -- African American
Occupation -- Education
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Georgia
--
Atlanta
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
City
of
Atlanta
,
Public
Schools
,
Atlanta
,
Georgia
Located Booker T. Washington High School, 45 White House Road, S.W.,
Atlanta
,
Georgia
30314
Remarks:
The sculpture is installed on the front steps of
Atlanta
's first African-American secondary school. The sculpture was commissioned under the guidance of the school's first principal, Charles L. Harper, who in 1924 organized a group of civic leaders to provide funding for the sculpture.
Conservation:
Treated 2000 May. Theodore Monnich Sculpture Conservation (Columbia, SC) Treatment report is on file with
City
of
Atlanta
, Bureau of Cultural Affairs,
Public
Art Program.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Georgia
,
Atlanta
survey, 1994.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1999.
SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2000.
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 75003762
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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