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    		• Bock, Richard W.,
     
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    		• Waltersdorf, Arthur,
     
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    		• Thomas, George A.,
     
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    		• Homage -- Hippach, Howard H.
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Farmington
     
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    Howard H. Hippach Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bock, Richard W., 1865-1949, sculptor.
    Waltersdorf, Arthur, architect.
    Thomas, George A., contractor.
    Title: 
    Howard H. Hippach Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1916. Dedicated June 5, 1916.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Reliefs: concrete; Wall: brick and North Jay granite.
    Dimensions: 
    2 reliefs. Each: approx. H. 5 ft. x W. 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On lower right corner:) R. W. BOCK SCULPTOR (On right:) ARTHUR WALTERSDORF ARCHITECT (Incised below baseball panel:) THE DAY IS FULL OF CALLS TO ACTION. PREPARE AND PRESERVE YOUR STRENGTH (Incised below football panel:) VICTORY IS WON BY MANLY EFFORT AND OBEDIENCE (On plaque, left:) HOWARD HIPPACH/MEMORIAL/ATHLETIC FIELD/DEDICATED JUNE 5, 1916/TO TRUE SPORT/AND/CLEAN MANHOOD (On plaque, right:) PRESENTED TO THE/ABBOTT SCHOOL/BY/LOUIS A. HIPPACH/OF CHICAGO/IN MEMORY OF HIS ONLY SON/HOWARD/RIGHT GUARD-FOOTBALL 1913/THIRD BASE-BASEBALL 1913/CAPTAIN-BASKETBALL 1913-1914/RIGHT FIELD-BASEBALL 1914/GRADUATED JUNE 1914/ACCIDENTALLY KILLED OCTOBER 1914/IN HIS EIGHTEENTH YEAR signed
    Description: 
    Two bas-reliefs are installed on walls flanking the entrance of the Hippach Field. The relief on the left depicts seven young men in baseball uniforms. One figure holds a bat and the others wear baseball gloves. The center figures holds a baseball in his proper right hand. The relief on the right has a football theme. There are seven figures, one is which is female. She wears a tailored jacket and mid-calf length skirt. The remaining figures wear football uniforms, except for one who wears a suit. He shakes hands with the central figure.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Hippach, Howard H.
    Figure group
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Baseball
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Football
    Dress -- Uniform -- Sports Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Farmington
    Relief
    Gate
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Farmington, Department of Parks and Recreation, 11 Middle Street, Farmington, Maine 04938
    Located Howard Hippach Memorial Athletic Field, Route 27, Farmington, Maine
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Abbott School, Farmington, Maine 1916-1935.
    Remarks: 
    Gift of Louis Hippach to the Abbott School in memory of his son Howard, an athlete and 1914 graduate. The gateway and field were maintained by the school until it closed in the 1930s. In 1935, the Town of Farmington assumed ownership and maintenance. IAS files include a related article from the Franklin Journal, June 6, 1916 and excerpts from the books "Two Centuries of Farmington Schools," by Richard P. Mallett.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1994.
    Pierre, Dorathi Bock, ed., "Memoirs of an American Artist, Sculptor Richard W. Bock," Los Angeles, CA: C.C. Publishing Co., c1989, 1991, pg. 105.
    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 ME000384
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