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Frey, Erwin F.,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
Portrait male -- Beatty, William
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Springfield
Sculpture
William Beatty, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Frey, Erwin F., 1892-1967, sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
William Beatty, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1924. Relocated Aug. 19, 2004.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: painted bronze; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 66 1/2 x 33 x 20 in.; Base: approx. H. 54 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(Lower right:) ERWIN F. FREY 1924 (Lower left:) GORHAM Co. FOUNDERS (On front of base:) TRIBVTE OF
OHIO
PYTHIANS/TO/WILLIAM BEATTY/1851 1923./THIRTY ONE YEARS/GRAND KEEPER/OF RECORDS AND SEAL./P.P. LXI. signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A full-length portrait of William Beatty, a former official of the
Ohio
Pythians. He is standing, dressed in a black three-piece suit with a maroon shirt and a white bow tie. A large equilateral triangle subdivided into four smaller equilateral triangles overlaps the inscription on the base.
Subject:
Portrait male
--
Beatty, William
--
Full length
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Ohio
--
Springfield
Sculpture
Owner:
Ferncliff Cemetery,
Ohio
Pythian Lot,
Springfield
,
Ohio
Provenance:
Formerly located McCreight Avenue,
Springfield
,
Ohio
Formerly located K. W. Hess
Ohio
Pythian Home, 901 West High Street,
Springfield
,
Ohio
45506 until Aug. 19, 2004.
Remarks:
Erwin F. Frey was the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal for the
Ohio
Pythians for 31 years.
Sculpture
was originally located on McCreight Avenue, and was later moved to K. W. Hess
Ohio
Pythian Home for the aged run by the Knights of Pythias. When the property was to be sold, the
sculpture
was relocated to the Ferncliff Cemetery in Aug. 19, 2004. IAS image files show
sculpture
located at the K.W. Hess
Ohio
Pythian Home.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Ohio
survey, 1994.
Smith, Richard P., Mrs., 2012.
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 OH000202
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