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International Fiberglass,
Ethnic -- Indian
Dress -- Accessory
Billboard
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Montpelier
Sculpture
(Miami Indian), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
International Fiberglass, fabricator.
Title:
(Miami Indian), (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated at present location Jan. 1984.
Medium:
Painted fiberglass on a concrete base with a granite tablet.
Dimensions:
Indian: approx. 25 ft. x 7 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 4 in. x 8 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. 11 in.
Inscription:
(Proper right leg, above the knee:) INTERNATIONAL FIBERGLASS, VENICE, CA (Tablet on base in front of statue:) INDIAN STATUE GIVEN TO THE CITY OF MONTPELIER, JANUARY 1984/BY LARRY P. GODFROY, CHIEF, MIAMI INDIANS. unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Standing figure of a Miami Indian with his proper right hand raised. He is wearing pants and shoes of a yellowish-color, and a blue and white headdress.
Subject:
Ethnic -- Indian -- Miami
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Billboard
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Montpelier
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Montpelier, Main Street, Montpelier, Indiana 47359
Located Montpelier Community Building, Main Street & Huntington Street, southeast corner, Montpelier, Indiana 47359
Provenance:
Formerly located New Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, Indiana late 1960's - 1989.
Formerly located Pontiac dealership, Indianapolis, Indiana until late 1960's.
Remarks:
The statue was originally intended to represent Chief Pontiac and stood in front of a Pontiac dealership in Indianapolis, IN. In the late 1960's it was placed in front of the Indian Museum that was established in the New Eagle Creek Park on the northwest side of Indianapolis. The museum's collection is now housed in the Eiteljorg Museum, opened in 1989. The statue was given to Chief Larry Godfroy of the Miami Tribe, who donated it to be erected in Montpelier, because it was near the Miami tribe ancestral lands.
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 IN000194
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