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Africa Emerging, (sculpture). Artist:  Kibbey, Mead, 1922- , sculptor. Title:  Africa Emerging, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Africa Emerging from Mold of European Domination, (sculpture). Dates:  1972. Dedicated March 1974. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: black granite; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 1 x 2 x 3 ft. (5,000 lb.). Inscription:  (On side of sculpture near base towards rear:) M. Kibbey - 1972 (On plaque at front of base:) AFRICA EMERGING/MEADE (sic) B. KIBBEY/1972 (On bottom of sculpture:) Africa Emerging - M. Kibbey - 1972 signed Description:  A clenched right fist rising from a shackle. The longitudinal half of the fist which includes the thumb, forefinger and middle finger is finished, while the remainder of the fist is rough stone. Subject:  Allegory -- Place -- Africa Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Allegory -- Other -- Liberation Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude Ethnic -- African Figure -- Fragment -- Hand Object -- Other -- Shackle Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sacramento Sculpture Owner:  On loan to Sacramento Public Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814 Located Martin Luther King Regional Library, 7340 24th Street Bypass, Sacramento, California Lent by Kibbey, Mead, Sacramento, California Remarks:  Black granite was quarried at the Continental Quarry in Escondido, California. Founder of plaque on base misspelled the artist's name. IAS files contain a captioned newsphoto of the artist with the sculpture from the Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA), March 10, 1974, pg. A17. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, Sacramento survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA), March 10, 1974, pg. A17. 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 CA000538   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000538 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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