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Stonecutter's Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Stonecutter's Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1894. Medium:  Sculpture: limestone; Base: limestone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 100 x 33 x 33 in.; Base: approx. 134 x 67 x 67 in. Inscription:  (Front at top of base:) UNIONISM (Front of lower base:) BEDFORD/STONECUTTERS ASSOCIATION Description:  Heroic standing figure of late 19th century stonecutter, bench with carved tree trunk proper left rear. He wears a workman's cap and apron and has a bushy mustache. His proper left hand leans on the tree trunk piece; while his proper right hand holds a mallet and corner of his workman's apron. The pedestal is topped with a gable (pediment) on all four sides. Beneath the peak on the front are carved, clasped hands; on proper left side, a grouping of stonecutter's tools; on rear, a hammer and chisel in hands; on proper right side, a sexton and square, inscribed S.C.A. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Art -- Sculptor Object -- Art Tool Object Type:  Gravestone Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Bedford Sculpture Owner:  Green Hill Cemetery, 1202 18th Street, Bedford, Indiana 47421 Remarks:  Statue commemorates Bedford Stonecutters Association and pays tribute to immigrants from Ireland, Scotland, France and Germany who came to practice their trade. Quarrying and stoncutting became important in Bedford about 1875 and flourished until about World War II. The statue overlooks a section of graves especially for stonecutters. IAS files contain related excerpts from Warren Robert's "Viewpoints on Folklife, pg. 134, 144; and articles from Indiana Preservation, May/June 1993 (no. 3); pg. 10-11; and The Times-Mail, May 29, 1993. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. Roberts, Warren, "Viewpoints on Folklife," (Ann Arbor:) UMI Research Press, c.1988, pg. 134, 144. Illustration:  Image on file. Roberts, Warren, "Viewpoints on Folklife," 1988, fig. 8.4. 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 IN000260   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000260 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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