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Miner-Coburn, Jean P.,
Allegory -- Other
Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison
Sculpture
Forward, (sculpture).
Artist:
Miner-Coburn, Jean P., sculptor.
Title:
Forward, (sculpture).
Dates:
1893-1895.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze repousee; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.
Inscription:
(On bronze plate at base:) Jean P. Miner 1893 (On plaque on front of base, raised letter:) FORWARD/WISCONSIN WOMEN'S MEMORIAL/OF THE/COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION/1893 SIGNED
Description:
Draped female figure strides forward with her proper left leg. She holds a flag under her proper left arm. (The original and replacement finials are missing). Her proper right arm is upraised.
Subject:
Allegory -- Other -- Progress
Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Other -- Flag
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of Wisconsin, Bureau of Building Management, Capitol, 4 East State Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53702-0001
Located Wisconsin State Capitol, North entrance, Madison, Wisconsin
Exhibitions:
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.
Remarks:
The sculpture was created for the Wisconsin Pavilion of the World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893. It was funded by women throughout the state of Wisconsin. The original model for the sculpture had the mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin division, Old Abe an eagle, on the figurehead, but that model was destroyed in a fire prior to the Exposition opening.
From 1893 to 1904, the sculpture was housed inside the Wisconsin State Capitol. In 1905, shortly before a fire destroyed the old Capitol, the sculpture was moved outdoors on the Capitol grounds. It was moved to its current site at the north Hamilton Street entrance in 1915.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, WI0039, 1989.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Wisconsin State Capitol: Guide and History, 29th ed., 1966.
Monumental News, Sept., 1895, pg. 554.
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 75008873
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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