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    		• Frink, Elisabeth,
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Literature -- Blake
     
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    		• Homage -- Kennedy, John F.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Dallas
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Eagle, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Frink, Elisabeth, 1930- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Eagle, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1964.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Eagle: bronze; Pedestal: stone; Platform: brick; base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 x 12 x 10 ft.; Base: approx. 3 in. x 12 ft. x 10 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (In raised lettering on platform:) WHEN THOU SEEST AN EAGLE/THOU SEEST A PORTION OF GENIUS/LIFT UP THY HEAD/WILLIAM BLAKE (In raised lettering, right corner of platform:) PLACED IN MEMORIAL BY THE FRIENDS OF/PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY/WHO AWAITED HIS ARRIVAL AT THIS/DALLAS TRADE MART/NOVEMBER 22, 1963 (On plaque on left corner of platform:) THE EAGLE/BY/ELIZABETH FRINK/OF ENGLAND/1964 unsigned
    Description: 
    An eagle with wings spread is perched on a tall pedestal, resembling a tree trunk, which stands on a flat, square base.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Literature -- Blake
    Homage -- Kennedy, John F.
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Dallas
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Trammell Crow Family Administration, Art Administration, 4814 Bengal Street, #1, Dallas, Texas 75235
    Located Dallas Trade Mart, 2100 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Erected in memory of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) by the Dallas Trade Mart. President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Nov. 22, 1963.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Dallas survey, 1992.
    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 TX000266
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