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Four Freedoms, (sculpture). Artist:  Wiken, Dick, 1913-1986, sculptor. Degner, Gerhard, fabricator. Grassold-Johnson & Associates, architectural firm. Title:  Four Freedoms, (sculpture). Dates:  1961. Dedicated April 1961. Medium:  Hammered green bronze, hammered gold bronze, stainless steel and cast magnesium, colored gold. Dimensions:  Approx. 69 x 36 x 28 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An abstract sculpture. Each metal represents a different kind of freedom. Frredom from Want (green bronze) includes ornaments of the sun, half hidden by a rain cloud, the germinating seed, sheaf of grain, open book, flash of energy and five loaves and two fishes. Freedom of Religion (of stainless steel) consists of basic symbols of the six major religions (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, and Confucianism). Freedom of Expression (in gold bronze) is ornamented with a flying unicorn, a pajama-clad child with a book riding a flying carpet, a ship at sea, a tree, and a flame of light. Freedom from Fear (cast magnesium) includes a brutalized figure of a man, armed with a club and rock emerging from an atomic explosion mushroom cloud. Also depicted is a broken heart, finger of scorn, the prying eye, the lying tongue, fist and shackle, a listening ear and skull of death. Subject:  Abstract Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Allegory -- Religion Figure -- Fragment -- Eye Figure -- Fragment -- Ear Figure -- Fragment -- Skull Figure -- Fragment -- Hand Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Milwaukee Public Library, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233 Located Milwaukee Public Library, Atkinson Avenue Branch, 1960 West Atkinson Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Remarks:  The idea for the sculpture originated with Richard E. Krug, city librarian. The $2,500 sculpture was commissioned by the library architects Grasshold-Johnson Associates and fabricated by Gerhard Degner. The library opened in March 1961 and the sculpture was dedicated in April. When originally installed, it was reportedly 9 feet tall. Sometime prior to Sept. 17, 1961, it was vandalized, and is now much shorter. IAS files contain related library clippings and excerpt from Milwaukee Journal, April 30, 1961. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee survey, 1993. Palmer, Virginia A., 1989. Illustration:  Image on file. Milwaukee Journal, April 30, 1961, pg. 13. 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 74020061   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74020061 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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