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MacNeil, Hermon A.,
Figure female -- Full length
History -- United States
Stele
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Flushing
Sculpture
Flushing
World War Memorial, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
MacNeil, Hermon A., 1866-1947, sculptor.
Title:
Flushing
World War Memorial, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
World War Memorial, (
sculpture
).
Flushing
Memorial, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Dedicated in 1925.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Stele, figure and benches pink Georgian marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 14 x 7 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. x 14 ft. 2 in. x 10 ft. 1 in.; Each bench: approx. 2 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. x 1 ft. 4 in.; Each bench base: approx. 3 in. x 10 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
H A MacNeil Sculp MCMXXV (On
sculpture
:) THE WORLD WAR/IN MEMORY/OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES signed
Description:
Winged female figure standing on her proper left foot holding a sword upward. There is a shield attached to her proper left forearm and she is cradling a large feathered of scaled object. Nearby, on both the right and the left side of the
sculpture
are benches. On back of the statue there is a depiction of the Liberty Bell and the engraved names of those who died.
Subject:
Figure female
--
Full length
History
--
United States
--
World War I
Object Type:
Stele
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
New
York
--
Flushing
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of
New
York
, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park,
New
York
,
New
York
10021
Located
Flushing
Meadow-Corona Park, Northern Boulevard & Leavitts Street,
Flushing
,
New
York
Remarks:
For related information see "Construction and Restoration of Monuments, Memorials and Historic Buildings,"
New
York
: Department of Parks, 1941.
References:
Index of American
Sculpture
, University of Delaware, 1985
The City of
New
York
, Department of Parks, 1941.
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
New
York
,
New
York
survey, 1992.
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 76003622
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
76003622
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