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Frey, Erwin F.,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Political
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Written Matter
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: The Statesman, (sculpture).
Artist:
Frey, Erwin F., 1892-1967, sculptor.
Title:
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: The Statesman, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Statesman, (sculpture).
Dates:
1943. Installed 1943.
Medium:
Sculpture: limestone; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 7 3/4 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft.
Inscription:
ERWIN F. FREY/1943 (Base, front:) STATESMAN signed
Description:
This sculpture is part of a six-piece group (two reliefs and six free-standing figures installed on the South Terrace) that depicts the theme of the U.S. emerging as an independent nation and settling the eastern coast. Frey sculpted two figures, The Statesman and The Revolutionary Soldier (IAS 88320076), to represent the two major necessities of a new nation --military strength and political intelligence. The Statesman is a stalwart male figure standing stiffly with his feet together and his fists clenched at his sides. He is dressed in a long coat buttoned at the neck, knee-length jacket, buttoned waistcoat, high-necked shirt with ruffles at the cuffs, knee britches, stockings, buckled shoes, and powdered wig. He stares straight ahead and carries a scroll in his proper right hand. The sculpture rests on a square base installed in a low wall.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Political -- Statesman
Dress -- Historic -- Seventeenth Century Dress
Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll
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, South Terrace, Kelly Drive below Girard Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Frey and the other sculptors on the South Terrace were chosen for this commission after the second International Exhibition of Sculpture held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1940.
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. 224.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 255.
Related Works:
Companion to: 88320076.
Companion to: 88320074.
Companion to: 88320073.
Companion to: 88320072.
Companion to: 88320071.
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 88320075
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