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Arthur Ashe Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Di Pasquale, Paul, sculptor. Title:  Arthur Ashe Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1995. Dedicated July 10, 1996. Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 28 ft.; Figure of Ashe: approx. H. 12 ft. Inscription:  (On metal ring at top of base:) ARTHUR ASHE (Incised on front of marble column:) Since we are surrounded by/so great a cloud of witnesses/let us lay aside every weight and/the sin, which so easily ensnares us/and let us run with endurance that/the race that is set before us/Hebrews 12:1. Description:  A full-length standing portrait of Arthur Ashe, holding a tennis racket in his proper left hand, books in his upraised proper right hand. Four school children surround him. The figures are set atop a tall marble column base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Ashe, Arthur -- Full length Occupation -- Sport -- Tennis Ethnic -- African American Children Occupation -- Education -- Student Object -- Written Matter -- Book Religion -- Old Testament -- Hebrews Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Located Monument Avenue & Roseneath Road, Richmond, Virginia Remarks:  The memorial commemorates hometown hero Arthur Ashe Jr., who died in 1993. He was the first African American to win the U.S. Open and Wimbledon tennis championships and was an advocate for Civil Rights and education. The statue was dedicated on what would have been Ashe's 53rd birtday. Funds for the $400,000 monument, including a $100,000 donation from the City, were raised by Virginia Heroes, Inc. The statue's placement on Monument Avenue in Richmond was controversial because for some "it did not fit the Civil War theme" of the boulevard. IAS files contain newspaper articles from the Washington Post,July 19, 1995, B-5; July 11, 1996, A-1 and B-1, 6; Jan. 7, 1996, C2; and June 20, 1995, B-7; and the New York Times, July 9, 1995 and June 27, 1995; and an excerpt from Cultural Resource Management online issue, vol. 22 no. 9 (1999). References:  IAS staff, 1996. Cultural Resource Management online issue, vol. 22 no. 9 (1999). Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 67. Illustration:  Washington Post, July 11, 1996, A-1. Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 67. 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 71500314   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71500314 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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