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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Crouch, C. C.,     Portrait male -- Smith, Jasper Newton     Occupation -- Other     Occupation -- Other     Object -- Furniture     Dress -- Accessory     Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta     Gravestone     Architectural component     Sculpture

Jasper N. Smith, (sculpture). Artist:  Crouch, C. C., sculptor. Title:  Jasper N. Smith, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1906. Medium:  Sculpture: granite or marble; Sculpture base: granite or marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 ft.; Sculpture base: approx. 6 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft. Inscription:  (Lower front right of sculpture base:) CC Crouch/Sculptor (Proper right side of sculpture base, incised lettering:) JASPER N. SMITH BORN IN WALTON CO,./GA. DEC. 29, 1833 signed Description:  A portrait of Jasper Newton Smith (1833-1918), depicted at age seventy-three, seen sitting in a slightly ornamented chair. He has thinning hair and a moustache and wears a jacket, but no tie. He holds a silk hat with his proper left hand. The sculpture is mounted on top of the entrance to Smith's granite mausoleum. Subject:  Portrait male -- Smith, Jasper Newton -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Occupation -- Other -- Real Estate Object -- Furniture -- Chair Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta Gravestone Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Atlanta, Department of Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Affairs, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Located Historic Oakland Cemetery, 248 Oakland Avenue, S.E., Over entrance of Jasper Newton Smith vault, Atlanta, Georgia Remarks:  Smith was an eccentric businessman who became successful in the brick business in Atlanta during the Construction Era, reportedly creating some ten million bricks for Atlanta construction. He modelled for this sculpture when he was seventy-three and it was placed above his mausoleum during his lifetime. He disdained wearing ties or cravats and gave instructions to keep vines cleared from the sculpture after his death, lest they be might be mistaken for neckwear. The inscription immediately below sculpture on mausoleum entrance reads: JASPER N. SMITH'S VAULT. BORN IN WALTON CO. GA. DEC. 29, 1833 IAS files contain articles from the Historic Oakland News 11 (Summer 1988); The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine (Oct. 16, 1955); and The Atlanta Journal, Aug. 17, 1918. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine (Oct. 16, 1955). 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 GA000468   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000468 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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