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Mullins, W. H.,
W. H. Mullins Company,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Craft
Object -- Art Tool
Object -- Tool
Logo
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Evansville
Sculpture
Vulcan Man, (sculpture).
Artist:
Mullins, W. H., sculptor.
W. H. Mullins Company, fabricator.
Title:
Vulcan Man, (sculpture).
Dates:
1898. Relocated 1957. Relocated 1976.
Medium:
Tin.
Dimensions:
Approx. 9 ft. x 42 in. x 24 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A heroic standing figure of a bearded blacksmith dressed in peasant garb and a leather apron. His sleeves are rolled up and he wears knee breeches. He holds a mallet in his proper right hand that rests on an anvil to his proper right.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Craft -- Smithing
Object -- Art Tool -- Mallet
Object -- Tool -- Anvil
Object Type:
Logo
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Evansville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Old Courthouse Preservation Society, Conrad Baker Foundation, 201 NW Fourth Street, Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse, Evansville, Indiana 47708
Located Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse, 201 NW Fourth Street, Rotunda, lower level, Evansville, Indiana
Provenance:
Formerly located Kiechle, Frederick L., Dr. & Mrs., Evansville, Indiana 1957-1976.
Formerly located Vulcan Plow Company, Evansville, Indiana 1898-1957.
Remarks:
The sculpture was designed and cast by the artist in Salem, Ohio for Major Rosencrantz, co-owner of the Vulcan Plow Company. The image of the blacksmith became the symbol and trademark for the company. All Vulcan Plow operations were moved to Mansfield, Ohio in 1949, leaving the sculpture behind. In 1957, when the Beeler Warehouse Corporation (then owners of the property) tore down the remaining company buildings, the sculpture was rescued by Dr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Kiechle of Evansville. It remained in their garden until 1976 when it was given to the Old Courthouse Preservation Society's Conrad Baker Foundation where it was moved indoors.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
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 IN000772
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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