Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial (reduced version) (Scripps College, Claremont, California)

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Title

Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial (reduced version) (Scripps College, Claremont, California)

Subject

Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Anti-slavery movements--United States
American West
California--History
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad

Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative scupture

Description

Portrait sculpture of Harriet Tubman based on the full-scale Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial in New York City.

Creator

Saar, Alison, 1956-

Date

Dedication: March 10, 2010

Contributor

Installation made possible with gifts from Jacqueline Avant, Carol Vernon, and Robert Turbin

Rights

Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, California, 91711, United States

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Coverage

Bixby Court, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 251 E 11 Street, Claremont, California, 91711, United States

Has Version

Reduced version of Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial, New York City, New York

Extent

22 x 24 in. (55.88 x 60.96 cm.)

Medium

Bronze; Stone

Bibliographic Citation

News Releases. "Scripps College Dedicates Sculpture of Harriet Tubman for New Sculpture Garden." News. Scripps College. Accessed April 1, 2018. http://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/releases/scripps-college-to-dedicate-sculpture-of-harriet-tubman-for-new-sculpture-garden.

Video. "Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Sculpture Dedication." Scripps College. Accessed April 1, 2018. http://rcwg.scrippscollege.edu/blog/2010/03/10/swing-low-harriet-tubman-sculpture-dedication/.

"Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial: Installed in College's New Sculpture Garden." Scripps Magazine, Spring 2010. Accessed April 1, 2018. https://issuu.com/scrippscollege/docs/2010-spring1.

Rights Holder

Renée Ater

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Sculpture

Physical Dimensions

22 x 24 in. (55.88 x 60.96 cm.)

Citation

Saar, Alison, 1956-, “Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial (reduced version) (Scripps College, Claremont, California),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed September 11, 2024, https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/13.

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Item Relations

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