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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Ciabani, Roberto,     Portrait male -- Kennedy, John F.     Figure -- Fragment     Object -- Other     Figure group     Landscape -- Tree     Architecture -- Monument     Object -- Weapon     Dress -- Accessory     Allegory -- Civic     Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Whiskeytown     Relief     Sculpture

Kennedy Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Ciabani, Roberto, sculptor. Title:  Kennedy Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Oct. 11, 1964. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: painted steel, marbelized cement; Base: stone. Inscription:  (On wooden plaque on front of base:) KENNEDY MEMORIAL/PLAQUE/DONATED BY A COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS/REDDING - CALIFORNIA/ARTIST R. CIABANI (On plaque on sculpture:) President John F. Kennedy/1917-1963/Dedicated Whiskeytown Dam/September 28, 1963/In Memoriam (On relief plaque near top:) DEFENSE OF LIBERTY unsigned Description:  A frame of steel casing creates a grid of square and rectangular openings. The vertical frame has six cement panels inset irregularly into the openings. Five of the six panels have bas-reliefs. On the far left is a relief of a hand holding a torch. The torch is being passed to another hand which is outstretched on the right. The panel above depicts several figures working in a tropical setting; palm trees are in the background. A large center panel has a half-length portrait of John F. Kennedy. He stands behind a lectern. In the distance is a row of trees. The panel on the far right shows the Statue of Liberty. Standing in front of the statue is a full length figure wearing a hooded hat and cape and carrying a spear in his proper left hand and a shield in his proper right hand. The figure is barefoot. The sculpture sits on a long stone base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Kennedy, John F. -- Waist length Figure -- Fragment -- Hand Object -- Other -- Torch Figure group Landscape -- Tree -- Palm Tree Architecture -- Monument -- Statue Object -- Weapon -- Spear Dress -- Accessory -- Shield Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Whiskeytown Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, J.F.K. Memorial Drive, Whiskeytown, California Remarks:  A nearby sound system plays excerpts from the dedication speech President Kennedy gave at the dedication ceremony of the Whiskeytown Dam on Sept. 28, 1963. The bas-reliefs on the memorial represent different interests the President had including the Peace Corps, Civil Rights, Conservation and Defense of Liberty. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. 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 CA001387   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001387 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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