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Ambition, Personality, Opportunity and Preparation, (sculpture). Artist:  Almand, John Parks, architect. Wittenberg, George, designer. Mann, George R., designer. Deloney, L., designer. Stern, Eugene, designer. Walker, Gordon, contractor. Title:  Ambition, Personality, Opportunity and Preparation, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Facade Carvings Central High, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1927. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone, painted. Dimensions:  4 figures. Each figure: approx. 9 x 3 x 2 ft. Inscription:  (Under each figure:) AMBITION PERSONALITY OPPORTUNITY PREPARATION Description:  Four standing figures representing ambition, personality, opportunity and preparation. Ambition is a shrouded figure, set in a niche. Personality is a female figure in full length robes with her hands resting on her chest. Opportunity is a female figure with long braided hair and is dressed in long robes. Preparation is a male figure wearing a shroud that covers his head and lower part of his body. His proper right hand holds a rolled parchment and proper left hand holds a book against his chest. The figures are in a niche on a facade of a school building. Subject:  Figure group Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude Allegory -- Quality -- Fortune Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Central High School, 1500 South Park Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 Remarks:  Figures were set in their current site when the building was built in 1927. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1993. 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 AR000159   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AR000159 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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