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    		• Packer, Francis Herman,
     
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    		• Fix, W. F.,
     
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    		• McIlvain, Frederick,
     
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    		• Bovard, William R.,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Homage -- Benjamin, Alfred
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Alfred Benjamin Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Packer, Francis Herman, 1873-1957, sculptor.
    Fix, W. F., architect.
    McIlvain, Frederick, architect.
    Bovard, William R., contractor.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Alfred Benjamin Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1926. Dedicated May 29, 1927.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Figure group: bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure group: approx. 96 x 77 x 42 in.; Base: approx. 58 in. x 28 ft. x 14 ft.
    Inscription: 
    F. H. PACKER Sc 1926 CAST BY ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. (On central section of base, incised:) IN MEMORY OF/ALFRED BENJAMIN/WHOSE NOBLE DEEDS ENSHRINED HIM IN/THE HEARTS OF HIS FELLOW MEN/A.D. 1927 (On front of base, above proper right bench, incised:) CHARITY (On front of base, above proper left bench, incised:) HUMANITY signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    The bronze figure group consists of two male figures seated on a boulder. The proper right figure, representing strength, holds a bowl in his proper right hand, while his proper left arm is around the shoulders of the proper left figure. The proper left figure, representing weakness, leans against the proper right figure. The proper left figure looks down at a bowl he holds with both hands. The proper right figure is dressed in shirt, trousers, and shoes, while the proper left figure is shirtless and shoeless. Behind the figures are two symbols of strength: a stump sprouting oak leaves, and a plowshare. The figure group rests on the central section of a long stone base. A semi-circular drinking fountain projects outward from the front of the central section. The proper right and proper left sections of the base each include a bench. All of these elements sit on a stone platform.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Benjamin, Alfred
    Figure group -- Male
    Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude
    Allegory -- Quality -- Charity
    Allegory -- Quality -- Poverty
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Kansas City, Missouri, Department of Parks and Recreation, Planning Services Division, 4600 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64130
    Located Swope Park, Starlight & Pavilion Roads, Kansas City, Missouri
    Remarks: 
    Gift of friends of Alfred Benjamin. Francis Herman Packer designed the figure group and W. F. Fix designed the base. The construction of the monument was supervised by Frederick McIlvain, and the installation of the monument was supervised by William R. Bovard. IAS files contain copies from Mitchell, Giles Carroll, "There is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City," Kansas City: Brown-White Company, 1934; Municipal Art Commission of Kansas City, Missouri, "Monuments: A Survey of Kansas City's Public Outdoor Art," Kansas City: Municipal Art Commission, 1977; and unpublished archival information, all of which provide biographies of Alfred Benjamin (1859-1923), philanthropist, in whose memory this monument was created.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 8.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Municipal Art Commission of Kansas City, Missouri, "Monuments: A Survey of Kansas City's Public Outdoor Art," Kansas City: Municipal Art Commission, 1977.
    Mitchell, Giles Carroll, "There is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City," Kansas City: Brown-White Company, 1934.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 8.
    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 76000874
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