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Jencks, Penelope,
Cavanaugh, Michael,
Paul King Foundry,
Portrait female -- Roosevelt, Eleanor
Portrait female -- Roosevelt, Phoebe
Occupation -- Political
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
Sculpture
Eleanor Roosevelt, (sculpture).
Artist:
Jencks, Penelope, 1936- , sculptor.
Cavanaugh, Michael, assistant.
Paul King Foundry, founder.
Title:
Eleanor Roosevelt, (sculpture).
Dates:
Modeled 1995. Dedicated Oct. 5, 1996.
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Boulder: granite.
Description:
A bronze statue of Eleanor Roosevelt (1994-1962), leaning contemplatively against a granite rock. She wears a dress and coat; her proper left hand is held up to her chin.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Roosevelt, Eleanor -- Full length
Portrait female -- Roosevelt, Phoebe
Occupation -- Political -- First Lady
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
Sculpture
Owner:
Riverside Park, Riverside Drive & 72nd Street, New York, New York
Remarks:
The statue is reportedly the first to be specifically commissioned by New York City depicting an American woman. The idea for the memorial originated in 1986 with Herbert Zohn, chairman of the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Fund. The cost of the $1.3 million dollar memorial was funded in part by more than 2,000 donors. The site is near the spot in Riverside Park where the Mrs. Roosevelt took her son, the late Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., to see shantytowns in which people lived during the Depression. Mrs. Roosevelt's great grand-daughter Phoebe Roosevelt, served as a model for the upper portion of the body. IAS files contain related clippings from the New York Times, Oct. 5, 1996, pg. 25-26 and Metro section.
References:
New York Times, Oct. 5, 1996, pg. 25-26.
Illustration:
New York Times, Oct. 6, 1996, Metro section.
Washington Post, Oct. 6, 1996, pg. A-15.
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 71500318
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Inventory of American Sculpture
71500318
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