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Henry, Michael,
Mid-South Vocational Technical School,
Figure group -- Nude
Allegory -- Other
Allegory -- Life
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- West Memphis
Sculpture
Rapture, (sculpture).
Artist:
Henry, Michael, 1950- , sculptor.
Mid-South Vocational Technical School, fabricator.
Title:
Rapture, (sculpture).
Dates:
Cast 1981. Dedicated Oct. 1984.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 48 x 83 x 4 in.; Base: approx. 60 x 83 x 16 in.
Inscription:
(On bronze, on lower right corner:) M. Henry (copyright symbol) 81 unsigned
Description:
A relief consisting of a male figure at the proper right and a female figure at the proper left, both holding a veil-like form between them. In the center of the veil is a group consisting of a standing male figure on the proper right in the act of pulling to a standing position a female figure with outstretched arms on the proper left. The four figures are nude. According to the artist, Michael Henry, the piece is about the inner turmoil of all human beings, yearning to be independent yet who are interdependent.
Subject:
Figure group -- Nude
Allegory -- Other -- Liberation
Allegory -- Life -- Humanity
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- West Memphis
Sculpture
Owner:
Crittenden Memorial Hospital, 200 Tyler Street, Main entrance, in traffic circle, West Memphis, Arkansas 72301
Remarks:
The Crittenden Fine Arts Center commissioned the work through federal and state grants with local matching money. The sculpture's foundation was built by Mid-South Vocational Technical School. IAS files contain related articles from Crittenden-Cross County Times & Shopping Guide (Crittenden, AR), Nov. 6, 1984, pg. 2; and Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), Dec. 3, 1984, which discuss the controversy surrounding the sculpture's depiction of nudity.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Crittenden-Cross County Times & Shopping Guide (Crittenden, AR), Nov. 6, 1984, pg. 2.
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 AR000032
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Inventory of American Sculpture
AR000032
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