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Fry, Sherry Edmundson,
Roman Bronze Works,
Homage -- Barrett, Clarence
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Historic
Relief
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Staten Island
Sculpture
Major Clarence Barrett Memorial Fountain, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Fry, Sherry Edmundson, 1879-1966, sculptor.
Roman Bronze Works, founder.
Title:
Major Clarence Barrett Memorial Fountain, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
Barrett Memorial Fountain, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Installed 1915. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1915. Relocated 1945.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze; Base: Tennessee marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 8 x 4 x 2 ft.; Base: 5 ft. x 9 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 3 in.
Inscription:
(On lower front right side of
sculpture
:) S.E. FRY 1915 (On lower left side of
sculpture
:) Roman Bronze Works, N.Y. (On front of base:) MEMORIAL TO MAJOR/CLARENCE T. BARRETT (On back of base:) Erected In Loving Memory Of/1840-Major Clarence T. Barrett-1906/A Faithful Active Citizen Of/Richmond Borough,/Who Served With Distinction/Through The Civil War,/A Descendant Of/Colonel James Barrett,/Commander At Battle Of Concord,/April 1775./Loyal, Honest, Brave And True. signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A standing figure of a warrior in classical dress with spear and shield in proper left hand, his proper right arm outstretched. Reliefs of classical soldiers and women appear on the semicircular base.
Subject:
Homage
--
Barrett, Clarence
Figure male
--
Full length
Occupation
--
Military
Dress
--
Historic
--
Classical Dress
Object Type:
Relief
Fountain
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
New
York
--
Staten
Island
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of
New
York
, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park,
New
York
,
New
York
10021
Located Stuyvesant Place and Borough Hall,
Staten
Island
,
New
York
Provenance:
Formerly located Barrett Triangle, South of
Staten
Island
Borough Hall,
Staten
Island
,
New
York
1915-1945.
Remarks:
Clarence Barrett was a prominent
Staten
Island
landscape architect and civil engineer. This memorial was a gift of Mrs. Julia O. Hardin, Trustee of money left by Mrs. C. F. Barrett for the dedication of a fountain memorial to the late Major Clarence F. Barrett. Memorial cost 10,000 dollars.
Sculpture
was relocated in 1945 from a triangular park space south of Borough Hall to its present site. The base is frequently covered with graffiti such as marker, spray paint, chalk, and lipstick, but is repainted three times a year. For more information on the memorial see: Art Commission of the City of
New
York
, "Catalogue of the Works of Art Beloning to the City of
New
York
, vol. II, pg. 11-12. Inventory image files contain a 1987 photograph of the monument from the Art Commission of the City of
New
York
files.
References:
Index of American
Sculpture
, University of Delaware, 1985
Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to
Outdoor
Sculpture
in
New
York
City,"
New
York
: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 13.
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
New
York
,
New
York
survey, 1992.
National Park Service, American Monuments and
Outdoor
Sculpture
Database, NY5072, 1989.
Monumental News, April 1915, pg. 221.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to
Outdoor
Sculpture
in
New
York
City,"
New
York
: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 13.
Monumental News, April 1915, cover.
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 76002771
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