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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Massey, Bryan, Sr.,     Abstract     Portrait male -- Hunt, Silas     Portrait male -- Hunt, Silas     Portrait male -- Branton, Wiley     Portrait male -- Flowers, Jarold     Occupation -- Law     Ethnic -- African American     Architecture interior -- Education     Architecture interior -- Education     Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Fayetteville     Sculpture

Silas Hunt Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Massey, Bryan, Sr., 1960- , sculptor. Title:  Silas Hunt Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  2012. Dedicated Aug, 29, 2012. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: stone and bronze; Base: steel, painted black. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 x 3 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 5 x 2 1/2 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Oval-shaped stone abstract sculpture featuring two round bronze reliefs on each side, one bearing an image of the University of Arkansas' Academic Support Building (former location of the law school), and the other depicting Silas Hunt standing in profile next to a sign reading "University of Arkansas." The sculpture rests atop a trapezoid-shaped steel base painted black. Surrounding the sculpture are four square pedestals, three inscribed across the top with the story of Hunt's integration of the University of Arkansas Law School. The fourth pedestal bears a round bronze relief depicting Silas Hunt, flanked by activist Wiley Branton, who helped to integrate the University of Arkansas School of Law, and attorney Harold Flowers, as Silas Hunt applies for admission to the University of Arkansas Law School in 1948. Subject:  Abstract Portrait male -- Hunt, Silas -- Bust Portrait male -- Hunt, Silas -- Profile Portrait male -- Branton, Wiley -- Bust Portrait male -- Flowers, Jarold -- Bust Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Ethnic -- African American Architecture interior -- Education -- University of Arkansas Architecture interior -- Education -- College Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Fayetteville Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 University of Arkansas, Near Old Main, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Remarks:  The memorial honors Silas Hunt, the first African American law student at the University of Arkansas. The sculpture is the first work of art commissioned by the university’s Public Art Oversight Committee. References:  State of Arkansas, Department of Arkansas Heritage, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, 2016. 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 74850228   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74850228 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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