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Aitken, Robert,
Roman Bronze Works,
Figure male -- Nude
Allegory -- Place
Allegory -- Element
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Emblem
Architecture -- Boat
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Jefferson City
Sculpture
The Great Rivers: Mississippi, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Aitken, Robert, 1878-1949, sculptor.
Roman Bronze Works, founder.
Title:
The Great Rivers: Mississippi, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
Mississippi, (
sculpture
).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze; Base: bronze and limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 7 ft. 8 in. x 13 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 5.5 in.; Bronze base: approx. 3 ft. 7 in. x 12 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. 10.5 in.; Stone base: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 10 in.(6 tons).
Inscription:
AITKEN fecit Cast by Roman Bronze Works N.Y. (On front of base:) ADMITTED/INTO UNION/1821 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Reclining nude male figure holding the rudder of commerce and the caduceus and also a magic wand. The base of the
sculpture
is decorated in low relief with the figure of the sun god with a serpent coiled around him, and figures symbolizing the power and life force of water.
Subject:
Figure male
--
Nude
Allegory
--
Place
--
Rivers
Allegory
--
Element
--
Water
Allegory
--
Arts & Sciences
--
Industry
Emblem
Architecture
--
Boat
--
Detail
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Missouri
--
Jefferson
City
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of
Missouri
, Office of Administration, Division of Facilities Management, 301 West High Street,
Jefferson
City
,
Missouri
65101
Located
Missouri
State Capitol, Entrance, west side of stairway entrance,
Jefferson
City
,
Missouri
65101
Remarks:
The
sculpture
is a companion piece to Aitken's female figure representing the
Missouri
River (see IAS record 27620016). IAS files contain related newsclippings from Globe Democrat, July 30, 1933; from
Missouri
Times, Aug. 17, 1991; Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO), Feb. 22, 1992; and Post-Tribune (
Jefferson
City
, MO), Nov. 20, 1994.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Missouri
survey, 1994.
Missouri
Capitol Commission Board, "The
Missouri
State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Missouri
Capitol Commission Board, "The
Missouri
State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed. (Pickard: Report of the Capitol Decoration Commission: pg. 48).
Related Works:
Companion to: 27620016.
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 27620017
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