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Godwin, Abbe,
Joel Meisner & Company, Inc.,
John Carmen & Assoc.,
Portrait male -- Foster, Stephen Collins
Performing Arts -- Music
Object -- Musical Instrument
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Bardstown
Sculpture
Stephen Foster, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Godwin, Abbe, sculptor.
Joel Meisner & Company, Inc., founder.
John Carmen & Assoc., landscape architect.
Title:
Stephen Foster, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1993. Copyrighted 1993. Cast April 1994. Dedicated June 4, 1994.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze with patina; Base: stone and concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. H. 45.5 in.; Base: approx. 10.25 x 20.75 x 26 in.
Inscription:
Abbe Godwin (copyright symbol) 1993 JM signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Composer Stephen Collins Foster sits on a rock, holding a flute in his proper left hand and a piece of paper in his proper right hand, which rests on his knee.
Subject:
Portrait male
--
Foster, Stephen Collins
--
Full length
Performing Arts
--
Music
--
Composer
Object
--
Musical Instrument
--
Flute
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Kentucky
--
Bardstown
Sculpture
Owner:
My Old
Kentucky
Home State Park, 501 East Stephen Foster Avenue, P. O. Box 323,
Bardstown
,
Kentucky
40004
Remarks:
Commemorates Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864), composer of popular ballads and minstrel songs.
Sculpture
was a result of a $50,000 grant from the
Kentucky
Colonels to the My Old Home Foundation Nearby plaque reads: Stephen Collins Foster/was the composer of
Kentucky
's state song My Old
Kentucky
Home. This
sculpture
was created by Abbe Godwin, and generously donated by The Honorable Order of
Kentucky
Colonels./June 4, 1994. IAS files contain June 1, 1994 memorandum from My Old
Kentucky
Home State Park with details about
sculpture
and a copy of artist's design drawing for installation.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Kentucky
survey, 1995.
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 KY000179
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
KY000179
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