Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - a photo on Flickriver

            Carlo Roppa 

Kelly Ingram Park

500 17th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203

Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Sept. 9, 1992, pg. 1.
(Sculpture, lower left side by foot inscribed:) C Roppo/FONDERIA ARTISTICA/VERSILIESE/PIETRASANTA (ITALY) (Front of marble base:) DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR./BORN/JAN. 15, 1929/ASSASSINATED/APR. 4, 1968/"...YES, IF YOU WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS A DRUM MAJOR, SAY THAT I WAS A DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE: SAY THAT I WAS A DRUM MAJOR FOR PEACE..."/HIS DREAM LIBERATED BIRMINGHAM FROM ITSELF AND BEGAN A NEW DAY OF LOVE, MUTUAL RESPECT AND COOPERATION. THIS STATUE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER/KING, JR. ERECTED BY CITIZENS/OF BIRMINGHAM AS AN INDICATION/OF THEIR ESTEEM FOR HIM AND/IN APPRECIATION OF HIS/SACRIFICIAL SERVICE TO MANKIND./UNVEILED: JAN. 20, 1986/CARLO ROPPA, SCULPTOR (Front of base, lower portion:) OFFICERS OF THE STATUE COMMITTEE (listed by name) (Left side of base:) COMMITTEE MEMBERS (listed by name) (Back of base:) ADVISORY COMMITTEE (listed by name) (Right side of base:) COMMITTEE MEMBERS (listed by name) signed Founder's mark appears.

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.

Summary

King stands with his proper right foot slightly forward. His proper right arm is bent up to his chest and in his hand he holds a book. He wears a three-piece suit and tie. The surface of the sculpture is scored. The sculpture rests on a three-tiered, square base.

Topic

Portrait male--Full length
Ethnic
Occupation--Religion--Clergy
History--United States--Black History
History--United States--Civil Rights Movement

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Sculptor:

Roppa, Carlo
landscape architect
Grover, Edah Brittain
architect
Mouton, Grover E. III
founder
Fonderia Artistica Versiliese
landscape architect
Grover Harrison Harrison

Subject:

King, Martin Luther, Jr

Medium:

Bronze sculpture on marble base

Dedicated Jan. 20, 1986

Owner/Location
Administered by City of Birmingham 710 North 20th Street Birmingham Alabama 35203

Located Kelly Ingram Park 16th Avenue North & 6th Avenue North Birmingham Alabama

Type
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

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Taken in: United States / Alabama / Jefferson / Fountain Heights (show map)

Taken on: March 24, 2017

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/7.1, 1/400 sec, 65mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	65mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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