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Clyde Connell (American/Louisiana, 1901-1998) "Small Wall Object, No. 6", 1993 papier-mache and found metal objects signed, initialed "C.C.", titled and dated en verso. 42" x 7" x 2" Provenance: Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana. Notes: Minnie Clyde Dixon Connell was born into a prominent plantation family in northwest Louisiana at the turn of the century, where she witnessed the hardships faced by the African American community during the Jim Crow south. Through her involvement with the Home Missions Committee of the National Churches of Christ, she became active in civil rights causes. During her annual trips to New York City for committee meetings, she visited galleries and was introduced to contemporary art. While living year-round in a remote cabin on Lake Bistineau, Connell began to create sculptures using found materials combined with papier-mache, invoking the natural environment and her civil rights activities. In the 1980s, she was recognized by the New York art community and given a one-person exhibition at Clocktower Gallery and received the Adolph Gottlieb Foundation Award. In 1998, the state of Louisiana designated and awarded the sculptor Clyde Connell, a "legend."