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    		• Baker, James Fletcher,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Jena
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Oppressed, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Baker, James Fletcher, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Oppressed, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Feb. 1987.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: pine wood, steel, barbed wire, porcelain; Base: steel and stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 131 x 51 x 79 in.; Base: approx. Diam. 3 ft.
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture formed with pine wood. At the lower part of the sculpture, porcelain arms and hands, representing the world's down-trodden, reach out from a mass of barbed wire. At the top of the sculpture, three grey pointing arms in a jet plane flying formation represent strong and dominant powers. The sculpture is secured to a steel plate that is under ground and covered by a swirl of stones.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Allegory -- Civic -- Injustice
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Jena
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Restricted Owner, Jena, Louisiana
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Northwestern State University, South front of Orville Hanchey Gallery, Natchitoches, Louisiana
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1995.
    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 LA000352
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