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    		• Borglum, Gutzon,
     
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    		• American Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Homage -- MacGregor, Elizabeth Stevens
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Peggy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941, sculptor.
    American Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Peggy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1927. Relocated 1974.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with dark brown patina; Base: granite with blue-glazed tile border.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 63 x 40 x 20 in.; Base: approx. 97 x 76 x 40 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On garment:) Gutzon Borglum (On plaque on granite:) "A MAN IS NOT AT HIS BEST UNTIL HE/HAS A WIFE AND A HOME AND SO MUCH/DEPENDS UPON THE WIFE" H.F.M./IT WAS HIS WISH-AND HERE IN STONE/AND BRONZE BUILDED A MEMORIAL./MAY IT GRACE, PERPETUATE AND FULFILL/THE CONCEPTION OF/HENRY FREDERICK MACGREGOR/THAT IN THIS PARK GIVEN AND DEDICATED/BY HIM TO THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON/AND NAMED FOR HIS WIFE/ELIZABETH STEVENS MACGREGOR/WHOM HE AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "PEGGY,"/SHOULD BE ERECTED A FOUNTAIN AS A/TRIBUTE TO THE INSPIRATION OF A/DEVOTED WIFE signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Three-quarter relief of a figure of a young girl in the recessed area of a block. She has short hair and wears an off-the-shoulder dress. She stands in profile and her proper right arm is extended.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Homage -- MacGregor, Elizabeth Stevens
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Houston, Municipal Arts Commission, P. O. Box 1562, Houston, Texas 77251
    Located Peggy's Point Park, Richmond Avenue at Main Street, across from the park, Houston, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Gift of Henry F. MacGregor in memory of his wife, Elizabeth S. MacGregor. Sculpture was originally installed at an elementary school on Almeda Road where it was a fountain, possibly a drinking fountain. The rear of the piece retains a chalice-shaped indentation where a basin once was. When the sculpture was moved in 1974 by Stone Art of Houston, part of the fountain's retaining wall with the date 1927 went with it, and became part of the plaza. The original proper right arm was missing at that time, and was replaced by the artist's son.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000341
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