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    		• Kinney, Belle,
     
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    		• Scholz, Leopold F.,
     
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    		• Kunst Foundry,
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Mythology -- Classical
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Nashville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Victory, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kinney, Belle, 1890-1959, sculptor.
    Scholz, Leopold F., 1877-1946, sculptor.
    Kunst Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Victory, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Spirit of Youth, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1929. Dedicated 1929.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze with brown patina on a granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 14 x 4 1/2 x 7 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 12 x 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Kunst Fndry N.Y. (On back of sculpture:) Belle Kinney and L.F. Scholz scs 1929 (Letters carved into granite base and goldleafed:) IN MEMORY OF THE SONS OF TENNESSEE WHO GAVE/THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A statue of a classical warrior, nude except for sandals, a helmet, and a cloth which drapes around his proper left hip and loins. He holds a sword and wreath in his proper right hand. His proper right arm is draped with cloth. He holds a small female figure of Nike in the palm of his proper left hand, which is outstretched. His proper left leg is bent and rests on a part of a ship's hull. The sculpture rests on a simple rectangular granite base with a stepped bottom.
    Subject: 
    Allegory -- Other -- Triumph
    Mythology -- Classical -- Nike
    Allegory -- Life -- Youth
    Occupation -- Military
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Nashville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Coadministered by State of Tennessee, Department of General Services, 2-200 Central Services Building, Nashville, Tennessee 37243
    Coadministered by State of Tennessee, Department of Finance & Administration, 304 John Sevier Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37243
    Located Legislative Plaza, War Memorial Plaza Courtyard, 6th Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee
    Remarks: 
    Two bronze plaques (each 9 ft. x 4 1/2 ft.), on wall of building at proper left side of sculpture, inscribed with list of war dead from WWI.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
    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 TN000260
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