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    		• Niehaus, Charles Henry,
     
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    		• Donahue, Martin,
     
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    		• G. B. Bastianelli,
     
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    		• Bentley Meisner Associates,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Garfield, James A.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Garfield, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Niehaus, Charles Henry, 1855-1935, sculptor.
    Donahue, Martin, designer.
    G. B. Bastianelli, founder.
    Bentley Meisner Associates, landscape architect.
    Title: 
    Garfield, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Garfield Monument, (sculpture).
    James Garfield, (sculpture).
    President James A. Garfield, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1885. Cast 1885. Dedicated 1887.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 120 x 84 x 48 in.; Base: approx. 78 x 92 x 84 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left side of bronze plinth:) Niehaus./sculptor. Roma 1885. (On front of base, raised:) GARFIELD signed
    Description: 
    "This is a larger than life size bronze memorial to President James A. Garfield that stands atop a sloped stone base. The base sits on a low two-stepped circular platform of pink granite with four equally spaced arced planters of the same granite. Garfield is standing facing east with his proper right foot forward. He is dressed in a knee-length over coat that has been left open exposing traditional attire with a double breasted jacket. In his proper right hand is a multi-paged document held close to his body. His proper left hand is extended outward with his palm down. He has neatly trimmed full beard and is hatless. Architectural detailing resembling a classical cornice encircles base near its top."
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Garfield, James A. -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Park Board, 950 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
    Located Piatt Park, East End of Park at Garfield Place & Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Piatt Park, West End of Park at Garfield Place & Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 1915-1988.
    Garfield Place, Cincinnati, Ohio
    Formerly located In Intersection of 8th & Race Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio 1887-1915.
    Remarks: 
    Funded by public subscription. This monument was originally erected at 8th & Race Streets in the middle of the intersection. Because of traffic problems, it was moved in 1915 to the west end of Garfield Place on Elm Street, where it was placed on a shorter base. Both the old and the new base were made of granite. Piatt Park was formerly known as Garfield Place. When Piatt Park was renovated in 1988, the monument was moved to its present location. Bentley Meisner Associates were the landscape architects responsible for the design for the 1988 park renovation.
    IAS files contain copies of articles from Cincinnati Post, May 10, 1978, which discusses the creation, 1915 relocation, and 1978 conservation treatment of the sculpture; Cincinnati Post, Dec. 23, 1985, which mentions the fundraising for the sculpture; and Artscape (Sept. 1991), which mentions the traffic problems leading to the 1915 relocation of the sculpture.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1992.
    Groene, Lela Lineberger, "Rolling Stones," Artscape (Sept. 1991): pg. 26-29.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, OH0064, 1989.
    Giglierano, Jeffery J., and Deborah A. Overmyer, "The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years," Cincinnati: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988.
    Cincinnati Park Board, "Art in the Park," Cincinnati, OH, n.d.
    Cincinnati Post, Dec. 23, 1985.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980.
    Cincinnati Post, May 10, 1978.
    Monumental News (April 1895).
    Monumental News (April 1889).
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 37.
    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 76007294
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