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Cross, Henry,
Figure -- Head
Folk
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Stone Head
Sculpture
Stonehead Road Marker, (sculpture).
Artist:
Cross, Henry, d. 1864, sculptor.
Title:
Stonehead Road Marker, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Stone Head, (sculpture).
Dates:
1851.
Medium:
Painted sandstone on a concrete base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 28 x 16 x 11 in.; Base: approx. 29 x 16 x 11 in.
Inscription:
(Front, north side:) TO COLUMBUS MIS 17/(Hand pointing proper right)/TO FAIRFAX 27 MS./(Hand pointing proper left)/1851 H. CROSS (Proper left, west side:)To INDIANAPOL/(Hand pointing front) 48 ms./To SPARKESFER/28 ms./(Hand pointing rear) signed
Description:
A carved primitive head, set atop a rectangular block inscribed with the mileage and directions to various towns in the vicinity. The head is sandstone painted with white and black features.
Subject:
Figure -- Head
Object Type:
Folk
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Stone Head
Sculpture
Owner:
Owned by Lorenz, Alice, R. 2, Box 91, Nashville, Indiana 47448
Located Bellesville Pike & S.R. 135, Stone Head, Indiana
Provenance:
Formerly located Hendricks, Thomas A., Farm, Nashville, Indiana 47448
Remarks:
IAS files contain the Columbus Republic (Brown County, IN), Feb. 23, 1985 and Brown County Democrat (IN), ca. Feb. 1985. Articles discuss the addition of this piece to the National Register of Historic Places, December 1984. Cross carved the piece in exchange for road taxes he owed the county. It is believed that a county road superintendent named George Summa or Sumney modeled for the piece. The piece was originally on a wooden post 100 yards west of the present location. The land was formerly the property of Thomas A. Hendricks.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
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 IN000131
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