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Untitled, (sculpture). Artist:  Conrads, Carl H., 1839-1920, sculptor. Morris, Benjamin Wistar, 1870-1944, architect. Olmsted Brothers, landscape architect. Title:  Untitled, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Keney Park Entrance Gates-Woodland Street, (sculpture). Dates:  Designed 1905 (?). Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 66 x 35 x 4 in.; Base: approx. 17 ft. x 50 in. x 50 in. Inscription:  (At bottom of Keney bas-relief:) C. Conrads (At right hand bottom of plaque on west side of park entrance:) WH Jackson/Founder (On plaque beneath Keney portrait, raised letters:) HENRY KENEY/1806-1894 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  An entrance gateway comprised of two granite ashlar columns. The column on the east features a high-relief carving of Henry Keney's head. Each column has carved classical details, including garlands, rosettes, and horns of plenty, and is crowned with large stone urns. An elaborate iron fence on either side terminates in paired columns of similar design, except for their orb finials. Subject:  Portrait male -- Keney, Henry -- Head Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Hartford, Parks and Recreation Department, 25 Stonington Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Located Keney Park, Opposite 245 Greenfield Street, Hartford, Connecticut Remarks:  A plaque on a column at the west side of the entrance reads: KENEY PARK/GIFT FROM/HENRY KENEY/TO HIS/NATIVE CITY. Henry Keney (1806-1894), was a prominent businessman and wholesale grocer whose bequest funded the creation of Keney Park. The park was officially transferred to the City on Nov. 11, 1924. The entrance parkway was a collaboration involving sculptor Carl H. Conrads, architect Benjamin Wistar Morris and the landscape architect firm of Olmsted Brothers. Carl H. Conrads created the bas-relief, Morris designed the gateway and the Olmsted Brothers were responsible for the landscaping. For additional reading see: Marion Hepburn Grant's "In and About Hartford-Tours and Tales," Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1978, pg. 220-222; and John Alexopoulos "The Nineteenth Century Parks of Hartford: A Legacy to the Nation," Hartford, Hartford Architecture Conservancy, 1983. See also scale design for Woodland Street Entrance to Keney Park, B. W. Morris, Jr., architect, March 1, 1905, on file in Hartford Collection, Hartford Public Library. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 CT000328   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000328 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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