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Dallin, Cyrus Edwin,
James Drescole and Sons Company,
Gay and Proctor,
Allegory -- Life
Religion -- Angel
Figure -- Child
Portrait male -- Longyear, John Munro
Portrait female -- Longyear, John Munro, Mrs.
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Brookline
Sculpture
The Spirit of Life, (sculpture).
Artist:
Dallin, Cyrus Edwin, 1861-1944, sculptor.
James Drescole and Sons Company, contractor.
Gay and Proctor, architectural firm.
Title:
The Spirit of Life, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned Oct. 7, 1927. 1928.
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: marble; Wall: marble.
Dimensions:
Figure: 115 x 42 x 23 in.; Base: 20 x 33 x 24 in.
Inscription:
(On back of wall:) C E DALLIN 1928 (On front of wall, above angel's head:) THE.SPIRIT.OF.LIFE (On back of wall:) MARGUETTE BROOKLINE/JOHN MUNRO LONGYEAR/MARY HAWLEY BEACHER/JAN. 4 1879/(two hands carved in relief)/ABBEY B. LONGYEAR ROBERTS/HOWARD MUNRO LONGYEAR/HELLEN LONGYEAR PAUL/JUDITH LONGYEAR LYETH/JOHN MUNRO LONGYEAR JR/JOHN BEACHER LONGYEAR/ROBERT DUDLEY LONGYEAR signed
Description:
The memorial consists of a bronze figure of an angel holding a baby above her head with both hands. The angel stands on a small square marble base in front of a rectangular marble wall adorned with a pediment and two columns. On the back of the wall is a profile portrait of Mr. & Mrs. John Munro Longyear in relief. Below the portrait is a carved lion's head and a semicircular fountain basin. Water pours out of the lion's mouth and into the fountain basin below. The sides of the wall are adorned with a scroll and an urn.
Subject:
Allegory -- Life
Religion -- Angel
Figure -- Child
Portrait male -- Longyear, John Munro -- Head
Portrait female -- Longyear, John Munro, Mrs. -- Head
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Brookline
Sculpture
Owner:
Springville Museum of Art, 126 East 400 South, P. O. Box 258, Sculpture Garden, Springville, Utah 84663 Accession Number: 2001.015
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Longyear Historical Society & Museum, 120 Seaver Street, Brookline, Massachusetts 02146 until 2001.
Gift of Roney, Black & Nancy, Provo, Utah 2001.
Remarks:
The agreement for the memorial was signed on Oct. 7, 1927, for the amount of $35,000. The marble parts of the memorial were created by architects Gay and Proctor and the contractors were James Drescole and Sons Company. The sculpture was later sold to the Springvale Museum of Art and was installed on a new base.
References:
Longyear Historical Society and Museum, 1988.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.
Longyear Foundation, 2022.
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 20700001
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