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Hauge, Gustav,
Mix, Edward Townsend,
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Sculpture
Spirit of Commerce, (sculpture).
Artist:
Hauge, Gustav, carver.
Mix, Edward Townsend, architect.
Title:
Spirit of Commerce, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Pewter Lady, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1879-1880. 1880. Relocated and rededicated June 26, 1909. Rededicated June 25, 1958 and Nov. 9, 1991.
Medium:
Sculpture: zinc (plated pewter); Base: red granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. H. 15 ft.
Inscription:
(Plaque on base, in raised letters:) ERECTED BY/THE SOUTH DIVISION/CIVIC ASSOCIATION/JUNE 29, 1909 (Middle front base:) Statue of Commerce/by/Gustav Haug/1881 (Top base, back:) May this statue ever be/a silent witness to the/progress and growth/of Milwaukee unsigned
Description:
Standing female figure, heavily draped. Her proper right hand originally held a quill (now missing); her proper left hand rests upon a rudder (representative of fortune and abundance).
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Other -- Trade
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Milwaukee County, Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture, 9480 West Watertown Plank Road, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226
Located Jackson Park, West Forest Home at 38th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Provenance:
Formerly located at Chamber of Commerce Building/Milwaukee Grain Building, 225 East Michigan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1880-1909.
Remarks:
The statue was commissioned by Edward Townsend Mix, who designed the Milwaukee Grain building where the statue originally stood. The work was commissioned in 1879-1880 and in June 1880 stood over the entrance to the Chamber of Commerce Building and Milwaukee Grain Exchange. In June 1909, the statue was relocated to Reynolds Grove (now Jackson Park). In 1991, the statue was restored. In June 1993, the statue was moved to an area just south of the lagoon in Jackson Park.
A nearby plaque reads: "Rededicated to Civic Progress by the South Division Civic Association, June 25, 1925"
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee survey, 1993.
Palmer, Virginia A., 1989.
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 74020010
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