The Signer, (sculpture).

The Signer, (sculpture).

Frudakis, Evangelos, 1921-2019, sculptor.

The Signer, (sculpture).

1980-1982. Copyrighted 1980 or 1981.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite

Sculpture: approx. 144 x 54 x 36 in.; Base: approx. H. 72 in.

(Sculpture, front proper right, lower edge:) Evangelos Frudakis Sc. (copyright symbol) 1980 (Foundry mark appears on rear, lower left edge followed by:) (copyright symbol)/81 (Base, front:) THE SIGNER (Base, left side:) Evangelos Frudakis 1982 signed Founder's mark appears.

Male figure dressed colonial attire consisting of a long jacket, buttoned vest, shirt with ruffled cuffs, knee britches, stocking, and shoes with buckles. His long hair is pulled back and tied at the back of his head. He stands with legs spread, back arched, and head raised and turned to his proper left as he looks up at his raised proper left hand which grips a scroll. In his raised proper right hand, he holds a quill pen. Sculpture rests on a square base on top of a low flat base.

Figure male -- Full length

History -- United States -- Constitution

History -- United States -- Declaration of Independence

Dress -- Historic -- Eighteenth Century Dress

Object -- Other -- Writing Tool

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Administered by Independence National Historical Park, 313 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

Located Norris Court, West of Second Bank of the United States, northeast corner of 5th & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sculpture was a gift of the Independence Hall Association. The inscription on a plaque located twenty feet in front of sculpture reads: Independence National Historic Park/The Signer/The course of history changed with the/signing of the Declaration of Independence/in 1776, and the signing of the Constitution/of the United States in 1787. Both events/took place at Independence Hall, just a/short distance to your right./This 1980 sculpture commemorates the/courage of those who affixed their names/to these monumental documents.

Inscription on plaque by the west entrance reads: The Signer/inspired by George Clymer,/Philadelphia merchant, statesman,/and signer of both the Declaration/of Independence and the Consti-/tution of the United States, "The/Signer" commemorates the spirit/and deeds of all who devoted/their lives to the cause of Ameri-/can Freedom./Presented by the Independence Hall Association,/Arthur C. Kaufmann, chairman, in celebration/of Philadelphia's Tercentenary/January 1982.

Inscription on plaque by the east entrance reads: Certain rare moments change the/course of history. Yet within a mere/eleven years two such moments, the/signing of the Declaration of Inde-/pendence and the signing of the/Constitution of the United States, occurred in Independence Hall, just/a few steps from where you are/standing. The sculpture you see/before you commemorates the courage/of those who altered their lives, and/ours, by affixing their names to these/documents./Independence National Historic Park/National Park Services.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

Independence National Historical Park, 1988.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.

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