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Homage -- Frese, Charles
Landscape -- Tree
Animal -- Bird
Animal -- Dog
Object -- Weapon
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Gravestone
Sculpture
Frese Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Frese Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Late 1880s.
Medium:
Tree: limestone; Dog: granite.
Dimensions:
Tree: approx. 80 x 22 x 26 in.; Dog: approx. 18 x 12 x 51 in.
Inscription:
(Front of tree, incised lettering:) IN MEMORY OF/CHAS. FRESE/BORN/APRIL 25 1834/DIED MARCH 25 1887/HE HAS DIED IN THE FIGHT/FOR TRUTH AND RIGHT unsigned
Description:
A gravemarker consisting of a limestone oak tree trunk and a granite dog (possibly a setter) resting beside the it. A shoulder bag and cartridge belt hang from a sawed limb on the oak tree; a double barrel shotgun leans against the tree trunk. The tree has a few remaining leaves and a vine growing up the lower front. The dog reclines on the ground beside the tree and has a dead duck lying across its paws.
Subject:
Homage -- Frese, Charles
Landscape -- Tree
Animal -- Bird -- Duck
Animal -- Dog -- Setter
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Hunting
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Crown Hill Cemetery, 700 West 38th Street, Lot 153, Section 34, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208
Remarks:
The sculpture marks the grave of Charles Frese (1834-1887).
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994.
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 IN000830
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