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James Whitcomb Riley, (sculpture). Artist:  Richards, Myra Reynolds, 1882-1934, sculptor. Title:  James Whitcomb Riley, (sculpture). Dates:  1918. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished black granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 2 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 9 in. Inscription:  (Lower proper right side of figure:) MYRA REYNOLDS RICHARDS 1918 (On base:) JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY/ERECTED BY/AMERICAN SCHOOL CHILDREN signed Description:  Full-length portrait of James Whitcomb Riley, standing wearing pince-nez spectacles. He holds an open book in his proper right hand, and wears a long, academic gown. Subject:  Portrait male -- Riley, James Whitcomb -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Object -- Written Matter -- Book Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Greenfield Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Hancock County Commissioners, State Road 40, Hancock County Courthouse, Greenfield, Indiana 46140 Located Hancock County Courthouse, State Road 40, North side of courthouse lawn, Greenfield, Indiana 46140 Remarks:  Paid for through a subscription by American school children. IAS files contain an unidentified clipping (from the Indiana State Library clipping file) of a picture of the artist working on the sculpture. Conservation:  Treated 1996 September. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Conservation Department (Indianapolis, IN). Treatment report on file with conservator. References:  Monumental News, July 1918, pg. 292. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IN0020, 1989. Salmon, Thomas W., II, 1991. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1992. "Contemporary American Sculpture," San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1929, pg. 270. SOS Conservation Notification Report, 1997. 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 74110009   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74110009 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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