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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Hoboken
     
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    The Torch Bearers, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt, 1876-1973, sculptor.
    Anerigg, founder.
    Title: 
    The Torch Bearers, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1953. Copyrighted 1953.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Cast white aluminum; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 18 x 11 x 10 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. x Diam. 18 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On base:) Anna Hyatt Huntington Anerigg (copyright symbol) signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Sculpture consists of a nude male figure sitting atop a rearing horse and reaching down to accept a torch with his proper right hand. Another nude male figure lies on the ground and raises the torch with his proper left hand while resting his proper right arm on a boulder in front of him. The sculpture is placed on a round base that is encircled by a small garden.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male -- Nude
    Animal -- Horse
    Object -- Other -- Torch
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Hoboken
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Stevens Institute of Technology, Library, Hoboken, New Jersey
    Remarks: 
    Nearby plaque reads: THE TORCH BEARERS/PRESENTED BY THE SCULPTOR/ANN HYATT HUNTINGTON/TO/STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY/1964.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey 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 NJ000197
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