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Nygard, Alfred E.,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
Figure male -- Full length
Fantasy -- Animal
Allegory -- Quality
Allegory -- Religion
Religion -- New Testament
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Sculpture
Yet, (sculpture).
Artist:
Nygard, Alfred E., 1870-1941, sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
Yet, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
I Shall Yet Praise Him, (sculpture).
Hope, (sculpture).
Dates:
1928. Dedicated April 15, 1928.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite boulder.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 32 in. x 32 in.; Base: approx. 5 x 8 x 8 ft. (38 tons).
Inscription:
(On bronze base, side:) Yet (On bronze base, side two:) I shall yet/praise him/Psa 45:5 (On bronze base, side three:) Impression/from/Sermon by/M.S. Rice (On bronze base, side four:) Gorham Co. Founders (On bronze base, side five:) Alfred F. Nygard (On bronze base, side five:) 1928 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Standing figure of man, dressed in boots, pants rolled up above knees, and shirt torn to expose chest. Composite creature representing "Sin" is coiled around the figure's legs. Creature has the head of a snake, body of a panther and wings of a vampire. Man's hands are behind his body, grasping the snake's neck. Figure and creature rest on eight-sided base, which is placed on top of large granite boulder.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Fantasy -- Animal
Allegory -- Quality -- Hope
Allegory -- Religion -- Good & Evil
Religion -- New Testament -- Psalms
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Sculpture
Owner:
Metropolitan United Methodist Church, 8000 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202
Remarks:
Inspired by a sermon given by Dr. Merton S. Rice, pastor of Metropolitan United Methodist Church. Erected by the Rice Men's Bible Class as a tribute to their teacher Dr. Rice. Cost $6,000. IAS files contain related materials and article from Detroit News (April 29, 1928) which refers to statue as "Hope."
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan 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 MI000026
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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