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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
     
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    World War I Memorial Eagle, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hawkins, Benjamin Franklin, 1896- , sculptor.
    Kunst Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    World War I Memorial Eagle, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1932. Dedicated Oct. 1932.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze and stone; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture (minus eagle): approx. 80 x 53 x 53 in.; Base: approx. 17 1/2 x 57 x 57 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Inscribed on north side of sculpture:) BENJAMIN HAWKINS SCULPTOR (South side of sculpture:) A.KUNST.ART.F.D.Y.N.Y.C. (Around bottom band of sculpture:) TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED 1917 1918 (On front, west side of base:) ERECTED BY/SERVICE STAR LEGION/INCORPORATED/MILWAUKEE CHAPTER/1934 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A flagpole topped with a bronze eagle; four stylized figures are carved in relief around the octagonal base.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Figure group
    Object Type: 
    Flagstaff
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Milwaukee, Bureau of Bridges & Public Buildings, 841 North Broadway, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
    Located MacArthur Square, Northeast corner of North Prospect Avenue and Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Remarks: 
    Erected by Service Star Legion, Inc. Milwaukee Chapter 1934. Moved June 1979 to present site from triangle at West Wells Street, North Plankinton and North 2nd streets.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee survey, 1993.
    Palmer, Virginia A., 1991.
    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 74020038
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