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    		• Neilson, Max P.,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Gillespy, Sherwood
     
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    		• Occupation -- Sport
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Sherwood Gillespy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Neilson, Max P., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Sherwood Gillespy, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Sherwood Gillespie Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1915. Copyrighted 1915.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble or granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 2 ft. x W. 1 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 4 ft. 4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back proper left corner:) COPYRIGHT 1915 (date illegible)/M.P. NIELSEN (sic) SC (inscription illegible) MEN (inscription illegible) (On plaque on front of base:) Sherwood Gillespy MDCCCLIII - MCMXII (On plaque on back of base:) Erected by Friends/in honor of/Sherwood Gillespy/A kindly lovable man/An Ardent Golfer/The Father of the idea/of a Municipal Golf Cou/rse for the city of Seattle. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Bronze full-length figure of a man golfing. He is posed at the height of the swing, arms bent at the elbows, hands above his proper left shoulder. The sculpture sits on a stone pedestal base. On the front of the base is a bronze medallion with a bas-relief portrait of Sherwood Gillespy in proper right profile. There are bronze drinking fountains on either side of the base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Gillespy, Sherwood -- Bust
    Occupation -- Sport -- Golf
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Golf
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
    Fountain
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109
    Located Jefferson Park Golf Course, Beacon Avenue South & South Spokane Street, Seattle, Washington
    Remarks: 
    SOS! survey describes base material as marble; Rupp describes base material as granite. Gillespy was an ardent golfer, who introduced the idea of municipally owned golf courses to Seattle. There is a discrepancy in the spelling of Gillespy; SOS! survey cites "Gillespy", Rupp cites "Gillespie".
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995.
    Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 261.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 262.
    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 WA000516
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