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Keck, Charles,
Occupation -- Religion
Portrait male -- Duffy, Francis P.
Occupation -- Military
Emblem -- Cross
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
Sculpture
Father Francis P. Duffy, (sculpture).
Artist:
Keck
, Charles, 1875-1951, sculptor.
Title:
Father Francis P. Duffy, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1936.; Dedicated May 2, 1937.
Medium:
Bronze statue on granite pedestal.
Dimensions:
Heroic.
Description:
Figure of a man in WWI uniform, holding a Bible in his hands. At his feet is a doughboy's helmet and behind the figure is a huge Celtic cross.
Subject:
Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
Portrait male -- Duffy, Francis P. -- Full Length
Occupation -- Military -- Chaplain
Emblem -- Cross
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Broadway & Seventh Avenue, between 46th & 47th Streets, New York, New York
Remarks:
Father Duffy was a chaplain in the World War I "Fighting Irish" 165th Regiment. He was wounded at the front lines and received the Disinguished Service Cross. The statue was a gift of the Fathe rDuffy Memorial Committee and the W. P. A. provided the setting.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941.
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988.
Illustration:
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 162.
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 76003490
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
76003490
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