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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Hancock, Walker,     Jolly, Edwin D.,     Van Keuren, Davis,     Fonderia Mariani E. Belfiore,     Portrait male -- Eagan, John Joseph     Occupation -- Other     Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham     Sculpture

John Joseph Eagan Memorial Statue, (sculpture). Artist:  Hancock, Walker, 1901-1998, sculptor. Jolly, Edwin D., landscape architect. Van Keuren, Davis, architect. Fonderia Mariani E. Belfiore, founder. Title:  John Joseph Eagan Memorial Statue, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1953. Cast Nov. 1954. Dedicated April 22, 1955. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze with green and brown patina; Base: Minnesota opalescent diamond pink granite and Georgia grey granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 74 1/2 x 50 1/2 x 56 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 41 in. x 57 1/2 in. x 6 ft. Inscription:  Walker Hancock/1954 (On plaque:) ERECTED/IN HONOR OF/JOHN JOSEPH EAGAN/FOUNDER/AMERICAN/CAST IRON PIPE/COMPANY/BY/EMPLOYEES/APRIL 22, 1955 signed Description:  Seated figure of John Joseph Eagan on a classical style bench. The figure wears a three-piece suit, and an overcoat is folded on the bench, to his proper right. Subject:  Portrait male -- Eagan, John Joseph -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham Sculpture Owner:  American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Office of the Vice-President of Engineering, 1501 31st Avenue North, P. O. Box 2727, Birmingham, Alabama 35202 Remarks:  Commissioned in May 1953 by the employees of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO) for $30,000, in memory of John Joseph Eagan (1870-1924), the Company's founder. Idea was initiated in 1952, having grown out of an original suggestion of a plaque placed on Eagan's grave. Sculpture was commissioned after a year of planning with the assistance of the Birmingham Museum of Art in selecting a sculptor. ACIPCO employees raised funds for the statue, and the Company paid for the base, landscaping and foundation. Monument was dedicated in commemoration with the Company's 50th anniversary on the 85th birthday of John Joseph Eagan. IAS files contain information connected with the dedication including programs, correspondence and a related article from the Birmingham News, April 24, 1955. IAS files also include a letter to employees which contains a sketch of the proposed monument, the contents of the cornerstone, a narrative history and a chronology of the monument, photocopies of historic photographs of the statue's creation and additional information. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama 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 AL000242   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AL000242 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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