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    		• Alferez, Enrique,
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Wright, Sophie Bell
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
     
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    Sophie B. Wright Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Alferez, Enrique, 1901-1999, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Sophie B. Wright Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    April 1988.; Dedicated April 17, 1988.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze on concrete base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. W. 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A sculpture of Sophie B. Wright, seated on a square box. She wears a long skirt, a high-necked blouse, and a shawl. Her hair is in a bun and her gaze is down. Her legs are crossed at the ankles and her torso is twisted slightly to the proper left. She holds a book in her proper right hand which rests on her proper left thigh. Her proper left hand rests on the seat beside her. The sculpture rests on a cylindrical concrete base which rests on a larger, flat circular base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait female -- Wright, Sophie Bell -- Full length
    Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New Orleans, Department of Property Management, 1300 Perdido Street, City Hall, Room 5W01, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
    Located Sophie B. Wright Place Park, Magazine & St. Mary Streets, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
    Remarks: 
    Sophie Bell Wright, educator and welfare worker, was born in New Orleans, June 5, 1866. At the age of three, she seriously injured her back, but persevered to open a "Day School for Girls" at the age of 15. She later went on to conduct a free night school for men and boys, with an enrollment of 1,500. In 1912, at the age of 46, New Orlean's "First Citizen" died of heart disease.
    The sculpture was commissioned by the Sophie B. Wright Monument Committee, a non-profit organization dedicated to memorializing Wright as a model for present day New Orleans teachers. IAS files contain excerpt on Wright from Notable American Women: 1607-1950.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993.
    Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), March 13, 1988.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), March 13, 1988.
    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 LA000019
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