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Dukes, George,
History -- United States
History -- United States
Ethnic -- African American
Figure group
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Jonesborough
Sculpture
(Visitors Center Reliefs), (sculpture).
Artist:
Dukes, George, sculptor.
Title:
(Visitors Center Reliefs), (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1982.
Medium:
Bronze resin.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 x 8 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 1 x 10 x 1 ft.
Inscription:
G Dukes signed
Description:
A relief sculpture mounted on a wall outside the Visitors Center. The relief, which depicts early African American settlers of the area, includes two male figures and one female. At the proper left is a seated male figure. Beside him stands a male figure with his left hand on the right shoulder of the seated figure. On their proper right is a standing woman facing straight forward with her arms at her sides.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Black History
History -- United States -- Tennessee
Ethnic -- African American
Figure group
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Jonesborough
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Jonesborough, 123 Boone Street, Jonesborough, Tennessee 37659
Located Visitors Center, 117 Boone Street, Jonesborough, Tennessee 37659
Remarks:
This relief was intended as the first of three proposed sculptures depicting settlers. Due to lack of funds the other two sculptures had not been finished at the time of the Save Outdoor Sculpture survey, 1992.
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
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 TN000234
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TN000234
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