Martin Luther King Jr. (University of Texas at Austin)
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The statue in 2018 | |
Artist |
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Year | 1999 |
Medium | Bronze sculpture |
Subject | Martin Luther King Jr. |
Location | Austin, Texas, United States |
Martin Luther King Jr. is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting the American civil rights leader of the same name by Jeffrey Varilla and Anna Koh-Varilla, installed on the University of Texas at Austin campus, in Austin, Texas. The statue was installed in September 1999. Efforts to erect a monument were initiated by a group of students, who formed the Martin Luther King Jr. Sculpture Foundation in 1987.[1][2][3]
See also
- 1999 in art
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Blome sculpture), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dwight sculpture), Houston, Texas
- List of public art in Austin, Texas
- Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture), Washington, D.C.
References
- ↑ "How the MLK Statue Came to the East Mall". Alcalde.texasexes.org. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ↑ "2 Texas Statues Embody Century of Racial Views". The New York Times. 10 September 1989. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ↑ "Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue, Austin, TX - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Waymarking.com". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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