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    		• Asbjornsen, Sigvald,
     
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    		• Florentine Brotherhood Foundry,
     
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    		• American Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Grieg, Edvard
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Music
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Norwegian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Grieg Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Asbjornsen, Sigvald, 1867-1954, sculptor.
    Florentine Brotherhood Foundry, founder.
    American Bronze Company, founder. (possibly by)
    Title: 
    Grieg Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Edward Grieg Statue, (sculpture).
    Edward Grieg Bust, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated July 11, 1914.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bust: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Bust: approx. 4 ft. 4 in x 2 ft x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 9 x 6 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    S Asbjornsen / Florentine Brotherhood Foundry, Chicago, Illinois /Presented to/The Borough of Brooklyn/By the Norwegian Societies/ (On front of base:) GRIEG/1914 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Grieg, Edvard -- Bust
    Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer
    Ethnic -- Norwegian
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
    Located Prospect Park, Flower Garden, Music Grove, Ocean Avenue & Lincoln Road, Brooklyn, New York
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture was a gift of the Norwegian Societies. For related information see: Clay Lancaster, "Prospect Park Handbook," New York, 1972, pg. 58-60; and Edna Huntington's "Historical Markers and Monuments in Brooklyn," Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1952, pg. 17. IAS files contain excerpt from the Huntington publication.
    References: 
    The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941.
    Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 226.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    Heitmann, Helen M., 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 226.
    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 76003583
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