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Mellor, Babs,
Unknown (Lawrence, Kansas),
History -- United States
Figure male -- Child
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
The Promise of America, (sculpture).
Artist:
Mellor, Babs, sculptor.
Unknown (Lawrence, Kansas), founder.
Title:
The Promise of America, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1997. Installed Oct. 24, 1997.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 30 x 60 x 45 in. (450 lbs.).
Inscription:
(Back of left leg, artist's monogram, large capital B with Abs inside) signed
Description:
An immigrant boy, scarf billowing in the wind, dressed in baggy knickers, oversized hand-me-down shoes, with a heavy bag dragging the ground.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Immigration
Figure male -- Child
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Wichita, 455 North Main, Wichita, Kansas 67206
Located Century II, 225 West Douglas, Exposition Hall, Wichita, Kansas 67202
Remarks:
The sculpture was donated by siblings Helen Galloway and Fran Jabara, symbolic of their own father's (Farris George Jabara, d. 1957) arrival in the country as a 15 year old in 1903. For the artist, the figure stands for determination, strength, courage, and the advantages of freedom. IAS files contain article from Wichita Eagle, Oct. 23, 1977.
References:
Project Beauty, Inc., 1999.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 8.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 8.
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 74890008
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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