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Proclamation of Emancipation, (sculpture). Artist:  Duke, E. L., sculptor. Title:  Proclamation of Emancipation, (sculpture). Dates:  1978. Medium:  Wood. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 10 ft. x W. 12 ft. Inscription:  (At center:) PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION/PARA/NUESTRO/NINOS/E L DUKE/'78 signed Description:  A central relief panel surrounded by fourteen smaller panels depicting the African-American experience, is installed on the facade of City Hall. The central panel contains a full-length, shirtless male whose upraised arms reveal broken shackles. An encircled bust of Abraham Lincoln appears in the center. On each side of an American eagle below Lincoln are oval reliefs. One oval depicts an enslaved female being sold at auction and other shows a male figure working in the fields. Various historic and contemporary figures are shown on the surrounding panels. These include figures from the arts, sports and other professions. Subject:  History -- United States -- Black History History -- United States -- Emancipation Proclamation Ethnic -- African American Figure group Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Bust Occupation -- Sport -- Baseball Occupation -- Sport -- Basketball Occupation -- Sport -- Football Occupation -- Sport -- Boxing Performing Arts -- Music -- Voice Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Mound Bayou Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  City of Mound Bayou, Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Mound Bayou, Mississippi 38762 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1994. 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 MS000347   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000347 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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