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Dermody, Joe,
Abstract -- Geometric
Object -- Letter
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Tawas
Sculpture
Kiwanis Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Dermody, Joe, sculptor.
Title:
Kiwanis Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1959-1960.
Medium:
Sculpture: stone and brick with stone and bronze plaques; Base: concrete and marble.
Dimensions:
Approx. W. 13 1/2 ft. x D. 11 ft.
Inscription:
(On plaque in center:) IN RECOGNITION OF/HARRY D. BLACK/MEMBER, FLINT KIWANIS CLUB/WHO ORIGINATED AND CARRIED/TO SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION THE PLANS/FOR THIS KIWANIS REFORESTRATION PROJECT (There are plaques from different clubs throughout the sculpture) (On bronze plaque at bottom:) KIWANIS FOREST/1928-1929/PLANTED COOPERATIVELY/MICHIGAN DISTRICT OF/KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL/ AND THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE unsigned
Description:
Pyramidal sculpture is inset with plaques from Kiwanis Clubs throughout the state and topped with a large letter "K."
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Object -- Letter
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Tawas
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Kiwanis Club, Tawas, Michigan
Located Monument Road, Tawas, Michigan
Remarks:
The monument was installed in 1960 by the Kiwanis Clubs of the Michigan District to replace an earlier marker. The original marker commemorated the Kiwanis Reforestration Project, initiated in 1928 by Harry D. Black, of the Flint Club. Working with the United States Forest Service, the Kiwanis Clubs provided $19,400 for the planting of pine seedlings on ten thousand acres of land which is now a state forest. IAS files contain the text of the clubs' plaques on the monument and the text of a nearby commemorative marker explaining the reforestration project, donated by the Saginaw Clubs, 1961.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
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 MI000735
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MI000735
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