Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   Search Images   About

Keyword Browse Combined Highlights Search History All Catalogs

Search:  Artist BrowseTitle BrowseSubject BrowseObject Type Browse Owner Browse       Refine Search     Return to results > You are only searching: Art Inventories

More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Connor, Jerome,     Portrait male -- Joyce, John A.     Occupation -- Writer     Occupation -- Military     Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington     Gravestone     Sculpture

John A. Joyce Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Connor, Jerome, 1876-1943, sculptor. Title:  John A. Joyce Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  General John A. Joyce, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 23 x 23 x 16 in.; Base: approx. 46 x 32 x 32 in. Inscription:  (Sculpture, lower front:) LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU/WEEP AND YOU WEEP ALONE/JOHN A. JOYCE (Panel behind sculpture:) JUSTICE/SCIENCE/TRUTH/NATURE (Base, front:) JOHN A. JOYCE/POET, SOLDIER, PHILOSOPHER/BORN JULY 4, 1872/DIED JAN. 18, 1915/LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU,/WEEP AND YOU WEEP ALONE./JOYCE (Base, left side:) The Prince and the Peasant/The Preacher and Slave/Are equal at last/In the dust of the grave./JOYCE/LIBBY G. JOYCE/BORN MAY 15, 1874 (Base, rear:) KATIE M. JOYCE/BORN OCT. 30, 1839/DIED JAN. 15, 1892/KATIE DARLING JOYCE/BORN SEPT. 3, 1871/DIED DEC. 22, 1886/There's no pocket in a shroud./JOYCE (Base, right side:) My Flay my Country and/my God/I loved while living on this sod/And through the rolling/rushing hours I cherished truth and fragrant flowers./JOYCE unsigned Description:  Bust of Joyce depicted wearing a suit with a small bow tie. He has full wavy hair and a moustache. The bust rests on a multi-tiered base inscribed with quotes from Joyce's poems. There is a rectangular granite slab attached to the top of the base and rises up behind the bust. Subject:  Portrait male -- Joyce, John A. -- Bust Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Occupation -- Military -- General Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Oak Hill Cemetery, 3001 R Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20007 Remarks:  SOS! surveyor notes that the base looks relatively new as if it might be a replacement. Sculpture was installed before Joyce's death. For related information see the Federal Writer's Project, "WPA Guide to Washington D.C.," New York: Pantheon, 1942, 1983 reprint, pg. 365. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993. Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969. 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 76005525   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76005525 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact