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(African-American Couple), (sculpture). Artist:  Skorgen, Ingvald, 1876-1951, sculptor. Title:  (African-American Couple), (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: ceramic, concrete, stone and glass, painted; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  2 figures. Each: approx. 72 x 24 x 14 in.; Base: approx. H. 6 in. x Diam. 30 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  African-American male and female figure each stand on their own round base. Their skin is painted black and their lips are red. Both wear hats with red hat bands and both have their arms folded in front of them. The male is bare-chested and wears trousers and the female wears a long dress. The clothing on both figures is mosaic. Subject:  Figure group Ethnic -- African American Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Lanesboro Mosaic Folk Sculpture Owner:  Cornucopia Art Center, P. O. Box 152, Lanesboro, Minnesota 55949 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of 1877 Peterson Station Museum, Peterson, Minnesota Donated by Tew, Roberta, estate of, Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. The sculptures were acquired by the Cornucopia Art Center from the 1877 Peterson Station Museum about 1995. The Peterson Museum had received the sculptures from the estate of Roberta Tew in Oct. 1992. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995. 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 MN000580   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000580 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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