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    Helen Keller - Bronze, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Scher, Allen, sculptor.
    Racine Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Helen Keller - Bronze, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Groping of Untrained Child, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 31, 1965.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: sandstone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. 11 in.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. 1 in. (150 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze plaque on base:) "HELEN ADAM KELLER AS 11 YEAR OLD GIRL BECAME DEAF AND BLIND AT AGE 19 MONTHS JUNE 27 - 1880 - JUNE 1 - 1968"
    Description: 
    A figure of Helen Keller wearing a loose fitting dress that is tied at the waist, stands with her arms raised out to her sides.
    Subject: 
    Portrait female -- Keller, Helen -- Full length
    State of Being -- Disabled -- Blind
    State of Being -- Disabled -- Deaf
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Cleveland, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Property, 500 Lakeside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
    Located Rockefeller Park, 750 East 88th Street, north of greenhouses, Cleveland, Ohio
    Remarks: 
    Cost $725.00. Paid for by Womens Ad Committee.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993.
    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 OH000389
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