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Arkansas Traveler, Traveler's Wife, and Four Unknown Pieces, (sculpture). Artist:  Moore, L. H., sculptor. Title:  Arkansas Traveler, Traveler's Wife, and Four Unknown Pieces, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1904. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Stone. Inscription:  (Four pieces signed:) L.H.M. signed Description:  Six sculptures -- five heads and one relief -- located on the facade of the Old Bank of Gentry. Depicted under the three facade arches are: the Arkansas Traveller and the Traveller's Wife, characters from a folk song titled The Arkansas Traveller. Heads of each only are shown. He has a beard and wears a brimmed hat. She has long hair which frames her face. Each head is approx. 2 ft. x 6 in. x 1 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft.). Between them, is a mythological scene - a relief of a frightened-looking, bearded man, grasping a serpent or monster, which appears to be attacking his head. The relief measures 3 ft. x 2 ft. x 6 in. Atop the roof line of the building, are three additional heads. From proper right to proper left: a man, seen in profile, turning to his proper left; a frontal bust of a woman (possibly modelled after the artist's wife), and a head with pursed lips. Subject:  Literature -- Character -- Arkansas Traveler Literature -- Unknown -- Arkansas Traveler Portrait male -- Tuttle, -- Head Mythology -- Classical Fantasy -- Monster Portrait female -- Moore, L. H., Mrs. -- Head Object Type:  Architectural component Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Gentry Sculpture Owner:  Owned by Steele, Nina, P. O. Box 38, Gentry, Arkansas 72734 Located Bank of Gentry Building, Main Street, Facade, Gentry, Arkansas 72734 Remarks:  The bank was established in 1901/02, and the building constructed in 1904. L. H. Moore, President and Founder of the Bank and amateur sculptor, specifically created the Arkansas Traveller and His Wife for the Bank; the other four pieces, reportedly copies of mythological sculptures, are believed to have been made earlier by Moore. In 1991, the Bank of Gentry failed and reopened as the Citizen's Bank of Gentry. IAS files also contain excerpt from National Register of Historic Places Nomination form (on file with Arkansas Historic Preservation Program) for the Bank of Gentry; and excerpts from the Gentry American Revolutionary Bicentennial Committee publication: "Happenings in Gentry: 1894-1976," Siloam Springs Printing, 1976, pg. 92. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1993. Gentry American Revolutionary Bicentennial Committee, "Happenings in Gentry 1894-1976," Siloam Springs Printing, 1976, pg. 92. 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 AR000018   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AR000018 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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