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Plazzotta, Enzo,
Fonderia Mariani E. Belfiore,
Children
State of Being -- Disabled
Logo
Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Boys Town
Sculpture
(He Ain't Heavy, Father, He's M' Brother), (sculpture).
Artist:
Plazzotta, Enzo, 1921-1981, sculptor.
Fonderia
Mariani
E
.
Belfiore
,
founder
.
Title:
(He Ain't Heavy, Father, He's M' Brother), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
(Brothers Statue), (sculpture).
Dates:
1977.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: green marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. x 19 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. x 3 ft. x 26 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
(On front of plinth:) PLAZZOTTA 1977 (On front of base:) "HE AIN'T HEAVY, FATHER, HE'S M' BROTHER"/BOYSTOWN/DEDICATED TO HELPING ALL YOUTH/REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL/FOR GOD, SELF, AND SOCIETY signed
Founder
's mark appears.
Description:
A taller boy carrying a smaller boy piggyback. The smaller boy has his arms around the shoulders of the taller boy. The taller boy's hands are grasped together at his waist, allowing the smaller boy's legs to drape over the taller boy's forearms. The sculpture stands on a two tiered box-shaped green marble base with gold lettering.
Subject:
Children
State of Being -- Disabled -- Physical Disability
Object Type:
Logo
Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Boys Town
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, Boys Town, Nebraska 68010
Located Junction of Flanagan Boulevard, Dowd Drive, & Bucher Drive, Boys Town, Nebraska
Remarks:
The sculpture is one of several in Boys Town based on a 1920's photograph of 2 actual residents, one of whom wore leg braces and was routinely carried around town. The statue has become a symbol for the city. IAS files contain related newsclippings from Omaha World Herald, Aug. 26, 1978 and These Times (Nashville, TN) May, 1983.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994.
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 NE000048
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