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Edgar Allan Poe, (sculpture). Artist:  Rudy, Charles, 1904-1986, sculptor. Modern Art Foundry, founder. Title:  Edgar Allan Poe, (sculpture). Dates:  1957. Installed Jan. 30, 1959. Dedicated Oct. 7, 1959. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 63 x 25 x 35 in.; Base: approx. 45 x 37 x 47 in. Inscription:  (On bronze base of sculpture:) C. RUDY 1957 / MODERN ART FOUNDRY, N.Y. (On front of granite base:) EDGAR ALLAN POE/PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE/OF VIRGINIA/BY GEORGE EDWARD BARKSDALE, M.D./AND GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED BY THE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA/AS A TRIBUTE OF ADMIRATION FOR POE'S/SCHOLARLY GENIUS AS AN EMINENT/AND VIGOROUS WRITER AND POET/A.D.1958 (On back of granite base:) EDGAR ALLAN POE/1809-1849 signed Description:  A seated portrait of Edgar Allan Poe holding a writing tablet in his proper left hand and a pen in his proper right hand. Three books are piled beneath his chair. The sculpture rests on a square granite base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Poe, Edgar Allan -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of General Services, Division of Engineering and Buildings, 203 Governor Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 Located Virginia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia Remarks:  The sculpture, which cost $9,500, was a gift of retired Richmond physician and Poe admirer, Dr. George Edward Barksdale, who wanted the city's visitors to remember Edgar Allan Poe's connection to Richmond. Although Poe was born in Boston, he was adopted by a Richmond family when he was three and was raised in Richmond, later attending the University of Virginia and working for a time in Virginia. The sculpture was finished in 1956, but languished in a warehouse pending approval of a suitable site on Capitol Square. In January 1958, installation plans were set in motion by a state appropriation of $2,500 to place the sculpture in Capitol Square. IAS files contain newspaper articles from the Richmond Times-Dispatch Oct. 20, 1956; Aug. 25, 1957; Jan. 16, 1958; Jan. 31, 1959; and the News Leader, Oct. 7, 1959. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Landmarks Commission, 1974. 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 75008426   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75008426 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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