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    		• Ghiglieri, Lorenzo E.,
     
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    		• Maiden Foundry,
     
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    		• Providence Granite Company,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
     
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    The Bex Eagle, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ghiglieri, Lorenzo E., 1931- , sculptor.
    Maiden Foundry, founder.
    Providence Granite Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    The Bex Eagle, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Bald Eagle, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1980. Cast Nov. 1980. Copyrighted 1982. Dedicated May 3, 1982.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: silicone bronze; Base: Dakota mahogany granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 40 1/2 x 50 x 33 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 11 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.
    Inscription: 
    Lorenzo E.(sic) Ghiglieri 1980 (Possible foundry mark on back of sculpture near globe in a 1/2" diam. circle) (Base, plaque right side:) THE BALD EAGLE/PRESENTED/BY THE/NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION/AND/AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK/IN COMMEMORATION/OF THE BICENTENNIAL OF OUR/NATION'S SYMBOL/1872-1982 (Base, plaque left side:) "THE BEX EAGLE"/ORIGINAL BRONZE/LORENZO E.(sic) GIGLIERI/-1980-/FREEDOM'S SYMBOL/FREEMEN MUST RE-DEDICATED THEMSELVES/TO THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. THEY MUST/UNDERSTAND WITH A NEW CERTAINTY OF/CONVICTION THAT THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM IS/THE CAUSE OF THE HUMAN INDIVIDUAL. HUMAN/INDIVIDUALITY IS THE BASIS OF EVERY VALUE --/SPIRITUAL, MORAL, INTELLECTUAL, CREATIVE --/IN HUMAN LIFE./FREEDOM IS THE RIGHT TO ONE'S SOUL;/THE RIGHT OF EACH PERSON TO APPROACH/GOD IN HIS OWN WAY AND BY HIS OWN MEANS./IT IS A MAN'S RIGHT TO POSSESS HIS MIND/AND CONSCIENCE FOR HIMSELF. TO THOSE/WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN FREEDOM, THE/STATE CAN HAVE NO SOVEREIGNTY OVER/THE MIND OR SOUL--MUST BE THE SERVANT/OF MAN'S REASON, NOT THE MASTER. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Bald eagle perched on a globe rests atop a tall square stone base. The eagle's wings are extended as though it is landing on the globe.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Object -- Other -- Globe
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Located Pershing Park, 15th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia
    Remarks: 
    Brian Bex, of the American Communications Network, commissioned the sculpture and gave it to the National Wildlife Federation. The National Wild life Federation turned the Bex Eagle over to the National Park Service to commemorate the bicentennial of the eagle as the nation's symbol (1782-1982). IAS files contain an excerpt from Jannelle Warren-Findley's Aug. 1, 1985 report for the National Park Service entitled, "A Guide to Selected Statue, Monuments and Memorials," National Capital Parks - Central National Park Service, Washington, D.C., (RFQ 3-4-1919) which includes a brief list of bibliographic sources, and notes to additional information found in National Park Service files. Providence Granite Company did the stonework.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993.
    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 DC000075
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