Generations, (sculpture).

Generations, (sculpture).

White, Fritz, 1930-2010, sculptor.

Loveland Sculpture Works, founder.

G. L. Hoff Construction, contractor.

Generations, (sculpture).

Community, (sculpture).

Figures: bronze; Torch: laminated sheet plexiglas with halogen bulb; Base: sandstone.

Central grouping: approx. 13 1/2 x 7 x 4 ft.; Old man: approx. 4 x 3 1/2 x 5 ft.; Woman & child: approx. 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 13 1/2 x 8 ft.

(On plaque on base, west side:) GENERATIONS/SCULPTOR/FRITZ WHITE/COMMISSIONED BY/THE KEN AND HELEN ERION FAMILY/LYNN AND ARNOLD EHLERS/JAN AND RICHARD PIERCE/DOUG AND LYNNE ERION/CHRIS AND TERRY KLEIN/DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/JOHN AND MARY JOHNSON/OSCAR AND MAMIE ERION/FOUNDRY/LOVELAND SCULPTURE WORKS (On scroll:) "Invictus/I am the master of my fate:/I am the captain of/my soul./William Ernest Henley" unsigned

Sculpture consists of three groupings of figures installed on a four-tiered planter. The center figures are a nude male and female. The female is held aloft by the male and holds an upraised torch in her proper right hand. A bronze ribbon loosely encircles the figures. To the left sits a woman in Classical dress supporting a nude child, who looks up at the central grouping. The child is positioned similarly, with his proper right hand upraised. To the right sits a scribe or historian (an old man with a long beard and heavy cloak). He holds an unfurled scroll on his lap, on which he writes with a quill pen held in his proper left hand. He sits in a block-style chair with carved animal arm supports. The old man represents the past, the central couple the present, and the mother and child the future. The planters are on the south, west and north sides and there is a bench at each corner.

Allegory -- Life -- Family

Allegory -- Time -- Past

Allegory -- Time -- Present

Allegory -- Time -- Future

Literature -- Henley

Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Loveland

Administered by City of Loveland, Visual Arts Commission, 5th & Lincoln Streets, Loveland, Colorado 80537

Located South Shore Scenic Park, Loveland Lake, south shore, Loveland, Colorado

Commissioned by the Erion family for the newly developed South Shore Scenic Park in memory of John and Mary Johnson and Oscar and Mamie Erion. The cost was $126,524. G. L. Hoff Construction assisted with assembling the work on site. The sandstone came from Masonville, Colorado. The work is spotlighted and the torch lights after dark. IAS files include an Art in Public Places donation form and a blueprint of the sculpture.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994.

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