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Shure, Robert,
Fish, John,
Paul King Foundry,
Suffolk Construction,
Casendino & Company,
Cecil Group,
Figure group -- Family
Ethnic -- Irish
State of Being -- Death
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Boston Irish Famine Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Shure, Robert, 1948- , sculptor.
Fish, John, contractor.
Paul King Foundry, founder.
Suffolk Construction, contractor.
Casendino & Company, landscape architect.
Cecil Group, landscape architect.
Title:
Boston Irish Famine Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated June 28, 1998. Copyrighted 1998.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: black granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. x Diam 5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. x Diam 5.5 ft.
Inscription:
(On bronze base of sculpture:) R. Shure/1998 (copyright symbol) / Paul King Foundry signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
The memorial consists of two separate bronze figure groups, each depicting Irish families. One group depicts a starving man, woman, and young girl in tattered clothing. The man and girl are seated on the ground with their heads bowed in defeat while the woman looks up at the heavens as if to ask why. The other group depicts a healthy man, woman, and young boy walking together. The man and boy look ahead to the future while the woman looks back to the starving figures that are a memory of a painful past. Around the figures are eight stone bollards bearing bronze inscription plaques that detail the history of the Irish famine.
Subject:
Figure group -- Family
Ethnic -- Irish
State of Being -- Death -- Starvation
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
Located Downtown Crossing, Corner of School & Washington Streets, Boston, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The inscription on the side of one stone bollard reads: IRISH FAMINE MEMORIAL/To commemorate the tragedy of/An Gorta Mor and the triumph of/those immigrants who came to Boston/Dedicated/June 28, 1998/Thomas J. Flatley/Chairman/Thomas M. Menino/Mayor of Boston/A. Paul Cellucci/Governor of Massachusetts/Seamus Brennan T. D./Minister of State/Government of Ireland/H. E. Sean O'Huiginn/Ambassador of Ireland/to the United States/Thomas O'Brien/Boston Redevelopment Authority. The inscription on the side of another stone ballard reads: DESIGNERS/Robert Shure/Sculptor/Casendino & Company/The Cecil Group, Inc./Landscape Architecture/John Fish/Suffolk Construction Inc./John O'Brien/Construction Coordinator. The inscriptions on bronze plaques attached to the top of each stone bollard are titled: AN GORTA MOR / DYING OF HUNGER / THE PEOPLE WERE GAUNT / BOSTON SENDS HELP / CROSSING THE BOWL OF TEARS / ARRIVING IN BOSTON / THE AMERICAN DREAM / LEST WE FORGET. IAS files contain a copy of the text for two of these bronze plaques.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1998.
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 MA000192
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