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Hans Christian Andersen, (sculpture). Artist:  Gelert, Johannes Sophus, 1852-1923, sculptor. American Bronze Company, founder. Title:  Hans Christian Andersen, (sculpture). Dates:  1893. Dedicated Sept. 26, 1896. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 10 x 5 x 5 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 8 x 8 ft. Inscription:  J GELERT Sc 1983 (Front of base:) Hans Christian/Andersen (Back of base:) Erected by the/Danish-Americans of the United States/1896 signed Description:  The figure of Hans Christian Andersen is seated on a tree stump, the fingers of his proper left hand hold his place in the book which rests on his proper right knee. Behind the figure is a swan. Subject:  Portrait male -- Andersen, Hans Christian -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Novelist Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Literature -- Andersen -- Ugly Duckling Animal -- Bird -- Swan Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Lincoln Park, East of Stockton Drive and south of Dickens Street, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Version exhibited at Chicago Fair in 1893. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Photographic Archives contains black and white photos of the monument. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Preservation Files contain miscellaneous correspondence and conservation treatment reports with slide and black and white photographic documentation. For related article see "West, Myron H., "An Illustrated Guide of Lincoln Park," Chicago: Gunthrop-Warren Printing Co., 1911, pg. 14, 19. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 134-135. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 202. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0097, 1989. Monumental News, May 1895, pg. 331. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Bryan, I. J., comp., "A History of Lincoln Park and Annual Report of the Commissioners," Chicago: The Commissioners, 1899, pg. 106. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 134. 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 75004264   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004264 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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