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Watrous, James,
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Quality
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison
Sculpture
Justice, (sculpture).
Artist:
Watrous, James, sculptor.
Title:
Justice, (sculpture).
Dates:
Originally installed 1951. Relocated 1984.
Medium:
Aluminum.
Dimensions:
H. 9 ft.
Description:
Outline of a full-length female figure of a blind Justice with her scales held up in her left hand.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Quality -- Justice
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison
Sculpture
Owner:
Dane County Courthouse, 215 South Hamilton Street, west facade on Doty Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Provenance:
Formerly located State Bar Building, 402 West Wilson Street, Madison, Wisonsin until 1984.
City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, South Carroll Street wall, Madison, Wisconsin 1984-2006.
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned in 1958 by the State Bar of Wisconsin. Originally installed on the State Bar Building Exterior, the sculpture remained there until the building was redesigned and expanded. In 1984 the sculpture was gifted by the State Bar to Dane County and installed on the the west facade of the City-County Building. In 2006, following construction of a new Dane County Courthouse, the sculpture was relocated to the west facade.
References:
Madison Arts Commission, 2007.
Hurst, Frances W., "A Common Joy," Madison, WI, 1991, pg. 30-31.
Illustration:
Hurst, Frances W., "A Common Joy," Madison, WI, 1991, pg. 31.
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 88670003
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