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Rosa Parks, (sculpture). Artist:  Daub, Eugene, sculptor. Firmin, Rob, sculptor. Daub and Firmin Studios, LLC, design firm. Title:  Rosa Parks, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 2009. Dedicated Feb. 27. 2013. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: Raven black granite. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 9 ft. (2,700 lbs.). Inscription:  (On front of base:) ROSA PARKS / 1913-2005 Description:  Seated portrait of Rosa Parks wearing the same clothes she wore on December 1, 1955, the day she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. She is seen seated on a rocky ledge, her body turned slightly to the right, gaze directed toward the viewer, legs crossed at the ankles, hands folded in her lap, and a small purse held in her left hand. She wears a long coat and a small round hat, and a pair of glasses. Subject:  Portrait female -- Parks, Rosa -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Reformer Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear Dress -- Accessory -- Handbag Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  United States Capitol, Statuary Hall, Washington, District of Columbia 20201 Remarks:  The statue of Rosa Parks was authorized by Congress in 2005, and is the first commission of a full-sized statue approved and funded by Congress since 1873. The statue is also the first full-length statue of an African American person in the U.S. Capitol. The statue was commissioned in November 2009 following a national competition managed by the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Architect of the Capitol. References:  United States Capitol, 2013. Washington Post, March 10, 2013, pg. E8. Illustration:  Washington Post, March 10, 2013, pg. E8. 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 08850023   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 08850023 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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