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Lipchitz, Jacques,
Modern Art Foundry,
Abstract
Figure male -- Full length
Animal -- Bird
Emblem
Occupation -- Medicine
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: Spirit of Enterprise, (sculpture).
Artist:
Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973, sculptor.
Modern Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: Spirit of Enterprise, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Spirit of Enterprise, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1950. Dedicated Oct. 1960. Relocated 1986.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. W. 62 1//2 x D. 144 in.; Base: approx. 50 x 66 1/2 x 146 in.
Inscription:
MODERN ART FOUNDRY - NEW YORK (Base, front:) SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE/OUR NATION/GLORIOUS IN YOUTH AND STRENGTH/LOOKS INTO THE FUTURE/WITH FEARLESS AND EAGER EYES/AS VIGOROUS AS A YOUNG MAN/TO RUN A RACE/THEODORE ROOSEVELT (Base, back:) JACQUES LIPCHITZ - SCULPTOR/ELLEN PHILLIPS SAMUEL/MEMORIAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY Founder's mark appears.
Description:
An abstract figure of a muscular male striding forward taking a deep step with his proper right leg. He raises his proper right hand to his face to shade his eyes as he looks out into the distance. His proper left arm is bent and he holds a caduceus in his left hand. Just in front of him is an eagle with is wings spread. Sculpture rests on a rectangular base.
Subject:
Abstract
Figure male -- Full length
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Emblem
Occupation -- Medicine
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
Coadministered by Fairmount Park Art Association, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Located Fairmount Park, Central Terrace, Kelly Drive, south of Girard Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Provenance:
Formerly located Fairmount Park, North Terrace, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1960-1986.
Remarks:
In 1950, the Fairmount Park Art Association commissioned Jacques Lipchitz to create a bronze representing America's "Constructive Enterprise" for the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. The sculpture, completed in 1960, was installed on the Memorial's North Terrace; however, it was so powerful a piece that in 1986, it was moved to the Central Terrace to increase its visibility from Kelly Drive.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
City of Philadelphia, 1973.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 250-257.
Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 223.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 223.
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 75009284
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