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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Amateis, Edmond,     Toombs, Henry,     Portrait female -- Keller, Helen     Portrait female -- Keller, Helen     Portrait female -- Sullivan, Anne     Occupation -- Communication Arts     Occupation -- Education     State of Being -- Disabled     State of Being -- Disabled     Object -- Written Matter     Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Warm Springs     Relief     Sculpture

While They Were Saying Among Themselves It Cannot Be Done, It Was Done, (sculpture). Artist:  Amateis, Edmond, 1897-1981, sculptor. Toombs, Henry, 1886-1967, architect. Title:  While They Were Saying Among Themselves It Cannot Be Done, It Was Done, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Helen Keller - Anne Sullivan Bas Relief, (sculpture). Dates:  1953. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Relief: red clay brick; Wall: red clay brick. Dimensions:  Relief: approx. 90 x 72 x 4 in. Inscription:  (On lower right hand corner of relief:) Edmond Amateis 1955 (On bricks on base of relief: various numbers and letters) (On raised bands, center of wall to right of relief, raised lettering:) WHILE THEY WERE SAYING/AMONG THEMSELVES/IT CANNOT BE DONE/IT WAS DONE signed Description:  A brick courtyard wall with a raised brick relief of Helen Keller as a young child with her teacher Anne Sullivan. Helen Keller stands in proper right profile facing a seated figure of Anne Sullivan in proper left profile. Helen Keller holds her proper right hand at her side with palm open and her proper left hand gently reaches out toward the proper right hand of Anne Sullivan. Anne Sullivan's proper left hand rests on top of a open book lying on her lap. Subject:  Portrait female -- Keller, Helen -- Child Portrait female -- Keller, Helen -- Full length Portrait female -- Sullivan, Anne -- Full length Occupation -- Communication Arts Occupation -- Education -- Teacher State of Being -- Disabled -- Blind State of Being -- Disabled -- Deaf Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Warm Springs Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Georgia, Department of Human Resources, Division of Rehabilitation Services, P. O. Box 1000, Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation, Warm Springs, Georgia 31830 Located Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation, Roosevelt Hall, one side of courtyard entrance, Warm Springs, Georgia Remarks:  The relief is one of two flanking the courtyard entrance to Roosevelt Hall. The other relief depicts Roosevelt and a child on crutches (see IAS GA000450). Architect for the project, Henry J. Toombs of Atlanta, selected the reliefs because both people battled successfully against great physical odds, showing clearly that busy, useful lives can be lived despite crippled bodies. The inscription on the wall next to the relief is from one of Miss Keller's books. IAS files contain a brochure from the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia 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 GA000449   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000449 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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