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Putnam, Brenda,
Figure group -- Female
Allegory -- Quality
Allegory -- Time
Allegory -- Quality
Animal -- Bird
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Lynchburg
Sculpture
Fortitude, Kindliness, Vision, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Putnam, Brenda, 1890-1975, sculptor.
Title:
Fortitude, Kindliness, Vision, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1943.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: limestone; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. H. 92 in. x W. 34 in.
Inscription:
Linda Putnum (sic) 1943 (On plinth, under each figure, incised lettering:) FORTITVDE KINDLINESS VISION (Around top tier of base, incised lettering:) THIS MEMORIAL GIFT OF ROSALIE SLAVGHTER MORTON IS A TRIBVTE TO THE SONS & DAUGHTERS (...transcription illegible) signed
Description:
Three female figures, representing Fortitude, Vision, and Kindliness, stand back-to-back, forming a circle. All wear full-length gowns and are barefoot. Vision looks to the sky with her hands raised upward. Fortitude holds the handle of a large sword at waist level with both hands, the blade touching the ground between her feet. Kindliness reaches up to touch a dove on her proper right shoulder. Grapes and grapeleaves fill the spaces between the heads. The
sculpture
has a circular plinth and is mounted upon a circular two-tiered base.
Subject:
Figure group
--
Female
Allegory
--
Quality
--
Charity
Allegory
--
Time
--
Future
Allegory
--
Quality
--
Fortitude
Animal
--
Bird
--
Dove
Object
--
Weapon
--
Sword
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Virginia
--
Lynchburg
Sculpture
Owner:
Spring Hill Cemetery,
Lynchburg
,
Virginia
24501
Remarks:
The
sculpture
was a gift of Rosalie Slaughter Morton, M.D. For related articles see
Lynchburg
magazine (May-June 1975) and The News (
Lynchburg
, VA), Oct. 1943, in clipping files at
Lynchburg
Public Library.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Virginia
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 VA000478
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