Celebration of Life (sculpture)

Celebration of Life
The sculpture in 2008
ArtistAlfred Tibor
Year2004 (2004)
MediumBronze sculpture
LocationColumbus, Ohio, United States
Coordinates39°57′42.1″N 83°0′24.6″W / 39.961694°N 83.006833°W / 39.961694; -83.006833

Celebration of Life, also known as the Arthur Boke/Sarah Sullivan statue, is a 2004 bronze sculpture by Alfred Tibor, installed near Franklinton's Genoa Park, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The artwork depicts a woman holding a baby above her head, and commemorates Arthur Boke, the first known black child born in Franklinton, and Sarah Sullivant, the wife of Lucas Sullivant. The Sullivants, a white couple, raised Boke as their own child.

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