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Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Other
Dress -- Historic
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Utica
Copy
Sculpture
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
Title:
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Sept. 12, 1950.
Medium:
Statue: sheet copper, painted; Base: cement.
Dimensions:
Statue: approx. 80 x 24 x 22 in.; Base: approx. 80 x 36 x 36 in.
Inscription:
(On bronze plaque on front of base:) WITH/THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF/THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE/POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THEIR/UNITED STATES/THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA/DEDICATE THIS COPY OF THE/STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE/OF EVERLASTING FIDELITY AND/LOYALTY/48TH ANNIVERSARY CRUSADE TO/STRENGTHEN THE ARM OF LIBERTY/1950 (On plaque on lower front of base:) THIS REPLICA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY/WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF UTICA NEW YORK/SEPTEMBER 12, 1950 BY THE FOLLOWING CITIZENS: (List of twelve names follows) unsigned
Description:
A female figure, representing Liberty, stands wearing a long flowing robe and a seven pointed headpiece. Her proper right arm is raised, holding a torch. Her proper left arm cradles a tablet. The figure is placed atop a tapered base that is set within a star-shaped planter.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Other -- Torch
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Utica
Copy
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Utica, Parks Department, 1 Kennedy Plaza, Utica, New York 13502
Located Median between Elm Street & Pleasant Street, Utica, New York
Remarks:
This is one of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645) placed around the country as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of America (on file in IAS), the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scouts office.
For related information see: the Utica Observer Dispatch, Sept. 12, 1950, pg. 3A; Oct. 15, 1950, pg. 6A; and Oct. 16, 1950, pg. 2A.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
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.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS NY000432
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NY000432
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