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Biloxi-Gulfport-Ocean Springs-Pascagoula, Miss., Sunday, March 27, 1977
BARTHE HONORED	v
Richmond Barthe, a native of Bay St. Louis, in-.' ternationally-known sculptor who has two work$	1
in the University of Southern Mississippi?s perma^	!
nent art collection, was recently honored for his	i
contribution to the world of art by representatives	j
of the City of Hattiesburg, the State of Mississippi and USM during a reception on campus	?	;?
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The award-winning sculptor was presented a Key;	I
to the City of Hattiesburg and a certificate of ap-;	j
preciation by Mayor A.L. Gerrard Jr. USM Pres?	j
dent Aubrey Lucas and Afro-American Cultural Society President Henry Naylor presented plaqueS	{
to the Honoree and Dr. Lucas also read a letter of	?
recognition from Governor Finch?s office. ?'	j
Barthe, who maintains studios in Los Angeles,	j
and New York, lived in Mississippi until he began-	-
studies at the Chicago Art Institute in 1924. He has-	x
become an international figure whose works are-displayed in public collections throughout the Un*T	?;
ited States and internationally, in India, the West	^
Indies and Haiti, as in private collections.
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