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Collis P. Huntington, (sculpture). Artist:  Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941, sculptor. American Art Foundry, founder. Title:  Collis P. Huntington, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Oct. 23, 1924. Relocated ca. 1978. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 8 ft. x 35 in. x 27 in.; Base: approx. 46 x 48 x 40 in. Inscription:  AMERICAN ART FOUNDRY NY (Front, west side, cut into granite base:) HVNTINGTON (On back, cut into granite base:) COLLIS POTTER HVNTINGTON/1821-1899 Founder's mark appears. Description:  A portrait of Collis Potter Huntington. He is depicted as a robust figure with a bald head, full beard and moustache. He wears a fully buttoned knee-length overcoat. His proper left arm is held at his side, fist clenched. His proper right arm is held at his side with his proper right hand gripping the handle of a cane. He leans on the cane which appears to support his weight. His legs are together, with the proper right foot pointing forward and overhanging the edge of the plinth by about four inches. His proper left foot is turned slightly outward. The sculpture stands atop a simple rectangular granite base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Huntington, Collis P. -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Huntington Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Huntington, Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District, P. O. Box 9361, Huntington, West Virginia 25704 Located Heritage Station, 11th Street & Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Huntington, West Virginia 25701 Provenance:  Formerly located C & O Train Station Terminal, 9th Street & 7th Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia Remarks:  Presented to the city of Huntington by the Huntington family. IAS files contain related articles from Tri-State Living (April 1988), pg. 8-9, 11; and the Huntington Advertiser (Oct. 23, 1924, pg. 1). Huntington was the founder of Huntington (West Virginia) and builder of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The statue originally was located in front of the C & O Railway passenger station and was moved to Heritage Village, its present site, sometime around 1978. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992. Walker, Ken, "Borglum & Huntington: A Great Sculptor Did Collis P. Statue Just Prior to Rushmore," Tri-State Living, (April 1988): pg. 8, 9, 11. Huntington Advertiser (Huntington, WV), Oct. 23, 1924, pg. 1. Illustration:  Image on file. Huntington Advertiser (Huntington, WV), Oct. 23, 1924, pg. 1. 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 76005110   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76005110 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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