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    		• Simms, Carroll,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Figure female
     
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    		• Ethnic -- African
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    African Queen Mother, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Simms, Carroll, 1924- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    African Queen Mother, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1968.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: pebbled concrete and concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 12 ft. x W. 4 ft.; Base: approx. L. 17 ft.
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture, made of elongated forms and three spheres, is mounted on a circular pebbled concrete base and set on a wider circular concrete base which forms the center of a circular pool.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Figure female
    Ethnic -- African
    Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Texas Southern University, College of Arts and Sciences, 3100 Cleburne, Houston, Texas 77004
    Located Texas Southern University, Martin Luther King Building, Houston, Texas
    Remarks: 
    For related information see Biggers' and Simms' "Black Art in Houston," College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1978.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1995.
    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 TX000570
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