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Kelly, J. Wallace,
Figure male -- Full length
Figure male -- Nude
Occupation -- Farm
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: The Ploughman, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kelly, J. Wallace, 1894-1976, sculptor.
Title:
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: The Ploughman, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Ploughman, (sculpture).
Dates:
1938. Installed 1938.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: limestone; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 61 x 34 x 44 in.; Base: approx. 67 x 51 1/2 x 51 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(Base, southwest side:) THEY BROKE/THE LAND/FOR HARVESTS (Base, west side) THE/PLOUGHMAN
Description:
This sculpture is part of a six-piece group (two bronze monuments and four stone figures installed on the Central Terrace) that depicts the themes of westward expansion and America welcoming immigrants. The ploughman is a nude male figure kneeling down on his proper right knee and reaching over with his proper left hand to sow seeds into the ground. With his proper right hand he holds a sack over his proper right shoulder. He represents the pioneers who came west in search of new land to settle. The sculpture rests on a square base which abuts a stone stairway.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Figure male -- Nude
Occupation -- Farm -- Sowing
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
References:
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. 222.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 253.
Related Works:
Companion to: 88320070.
Companion to: 76006754.
Companion to: 76008194.
Companion to: 77002764.
Companion to: PA001132.
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 88320069
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