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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Corwin, Audrey,     Portrait male -- Carver, George Washington     Ethnic -- African American     Occupation -- Science     Occupation -- Science     Occupation -- Education     Occupation -- Art     Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Diamond     Sculpture

George Washington Carver, (sculpture). Artist:  Corwin, Audrey, sculptor. Title:  George Washington Carver, (sculpture). Dates:  1952. Medium:  Bust: concrete and bronze; Base: brick and limestone. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 32 x 30 x 14 in.; Base: approx. 48 1/4 x 34 1/2 x 24 in. Inscription:  (On lower proper right of bust:) "A-CORWIN 1952" (On upper front of base:) "George Washington Carver" signed Description:  The bust of an older George Washington Carver, with wrinkled forehead, wearing a shirt, jacket and tie. The bust is concrete, coated with bronze, and mounted on a rectangular brick base with a limestone cap. In the base, on the front is an audio recording of Carver reading a poem (recorded at Selma University, May 27, 1942, commemorative closing address). Subject:  Portrait male -- Carver, George Washington -- Bust Ethnic -- African American Occupation -- Science -- Botanist Occupation -- Science -- Chemist Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Occupation -- Art -- Artist Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Diamond Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located George Washington Carver National Monument, Box 38, Diamond, Missouri 64840 Accession Number: GWCA-00002 Provenance:  Acquired May 11, 1953. Remarks:  The bust was one of perhaps twenty created on behalf of the George Washington Carver Memorial Institute for the Advancement of Art, Science and Education. The bust was designed to be placed indoors and was originally painted battleship grey, but because of paint seepage into the concrete, it was stripped and coated with bronze. IAS files contain a copy of a letter from Robert D. Hobday of the George Washington Carver Memorial Institute to Hillory A. Tolson, Assistant Director of the U.S. Department of the Interior, dated Nov. 15, 1952. IAS files contain a related pamphlet "George Washington Carver," Missouri: George Washington Carver National Monument. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri 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 MO000346   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MO000346 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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