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Borglum, Gutzon,
American Art Foundry,
Portrait male -- Huntington, Collis P.
Occupation -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Huntington
Sculpture
Collis P.
Huntington
, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941, sculptor.
American Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
Collis P.
Huntington
, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 23, 1924. Relocated ca. 1978.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 8 ft. x 35 in. x 27 in.; Base: approx. 46 x 48 x 40 in.
Inscription:
AMERICAN ART FOUNDRY NY (Front,
west
side, cut into granite base:) HVNTINGTON (On back, cut into granite base:) COLLIS POTTER HVNTINGTON/1821-1899 Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A portrait of Collis Potter
Huntington
. He is depicted as a robust figure with a bald head, full beard and moustache. He wears a fully buttoned knee-length overcoat. His proper left arm is held at his side, fist clenched. His proper right arm is held at his side with his proper right hand gripping the handle of a cane. He leans on the cane which appears to support his weight. His legs are together, with the proper right foot pointing forward and overhanging the edge of the plinth by about four inches. His proper left foot is turned slightly outward. The
sculpture
stands atop a simple rectangular granite base.
Subject:
Portrait male
--
Huntington
, Collis P.
--
Full length
Occupation
--
Other
--
Businessman
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
West
Virginia
--
Huntington
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of
Huntington
, Greater
Huntington
Park and Recreation District, P. O. Box 9361,
Huntington
,
West
Virginia
25704
Located Heritage Station, 11th Street & Veterans Memorial Boulevard,
Huntington
,
West
Virginia
25701
Provenance:
Formerly located C & O Train Station Terminal, 9th Street & 7th Avenue,
Huntington
,
West
Virginia
Remarks:
Presented to the city of
Huntington
by the
Huntington
family. IAS files contain related articles from Tri-State Living (April 1988), pg. 8-9, 11; and the
Huntington
Advertiser (Oct. 23, 1924, pg. 1).
Huntington
was the founder of
Huntington
(
West
Virginia
) and builder of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The statue originally was located in front of the C & O Railway passenger station and was moved to Heritage Village, its present site, sometime around 1978.
References:
Index of American
Sculpture
, University of Delaware, 1985
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
West
Virginia
survey, 1992.
Walker, Ken, "Borglum &
Huntington
: A Great Sculptor Did Collis P. Statue Just Prior to Rushmore," Tri-State Living, (April 1988): pg. 8, 9, 11.
Huntington
Advertiser (
Huntington
, WV), Oct. 23, 1924, pg. 1.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Huntington
Advertiser (
Huntington
, WV), Oct. 23, 1924, pg. 1.
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 76005110
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