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Regeneration, (sculpture). Artist:  Hering, Henry, 1874-1949, sculptor. Title:  Regeneration, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1928. Medium:  Relief: limestone. Dimensions:  Relief: approx. 20 x 12 x 3 ft. Inscription:  (South face of monument:) HENRY HERRING SC (On pylon below relief:) REGENERATION/THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE IN OCTOBER EIGHTEEN/HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE, DEVASTATED THE CITY./FROM ITS ASHES THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO CAUSED/A NEW AND GREATER CITY TO RISE, IMBUED/WITH THAT INDOMITABLE SPIRIT AND ENERGY/BY WHICH THEY HAVE EVER BEEN GUIDED./ERECTED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE B. F. FERGUSON MONUMENT FUND/1928 signed Description:  Relief depicts workers rebuilding Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871, which destroyed the central city. There are four male figures dressed as workmen engaged in hammering, sawing, and measuring. Two male figures are on each side of a central allegorical female figure. Another allegorical classical female figure floats over this figure group. This relief is one of four installed on the Michigan Avenue bridge pylons. Subject:  History -- United States -- Illinois Figure group Occupation -- Labor Allegory -- Religion -- Salvation Religion -- Angel Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Michigan Avenue Bridge, Southeast Pylon, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Erected by the B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 92-94. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 181. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 93. 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 75004334   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004334 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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