A Monument for a Removed Monument
Artist
Archie Scott Gobber
(American, born 1965)
Date2018
MediumGeorgia gray granite
Dimensions.1 (monument): 34 1/4 × 20 × 10 inches (87 × 50.8 × 25.4 cm)
.2 (pallet for monument): 5 × 42 1/4 × 41 7/8 inches (12.7 × 107.32 × 106.36 cm)
.2 (pallet for monument): 5 × 42 1/4 × 41 7/8 inches (12.7 × 107.32 × 106.36 cm)
Credit LineGift of William and Christena Gautreaux
Object number2020.24.1.1,2
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DescriptionA grey granite monolith with a low gabled top placed on a base of the same granite. Incised at the top obverse is a Southern Cross of Honor with an inscription below “A Confederate Monument Once Stood Here”.ProvenancePurchased from Haw Contemporary by William and Christena Gautreaux, 2020;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
J.S. Anderson, "On the Edge of Interpretation: Archie Scott Gobber's Amateur Content," Informality, July 18, 2018, http://informalityblog.com/off-of-the-edge-of-interpretation-archie-scott-gobbers-amateur-content/
Copyright© Archie Scott Gobber
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