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    		• De Lue, Donald,
     
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    		• Deacy, William Henry,
     
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    		• Ewald, Walter A. J.,
     
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    		• Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Pickering Engineering Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Crump, Edward Hull
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Memphis
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Edward Hull Crump Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    De Lue, Donald, 1897-1988, sculptor.
    Deacy, William Henry, 1890-1967, architect.
    Ewald, Walter A. J., landscape architect.
    Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry, founder.
    Pickering Engineering Company, engineering firm.
    Title: 
    Edward Hull Crump Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    E. H. Crump Memorial, (sculpture).
    Mr. Crump, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1956.; Cast 1956.; Dedicated April 21, 1957.
    Medium: 
    Bronze portrait statue with granite pedestal, hemicycle, and reclining figures.
    Dimensions: 
    Portrait statue: approx. 9 1/2 x 3 x 3 ft.; Reclining figures, each: approx. L. 8 ft.; Pedestal: approx. 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 ft.; Hemicycle: approx. Diam. 40 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Donald DeLue/Bedi-Rassy - FDR NYC (Pedestal, front:) ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE/OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS/IN MEMORY OF/EDWARD HULL CRUMP/1874-1954/HIS WAS A LIFE OF DEDICATED/PUBLIC SERVICE WISE COUNSEL/HUMAN UNDERSTANDING/DESIGNED TO MAKE MEMPHIS/THE CITY OF GOOD ABODE/THIS MEMORIAL SPONSORED/BY THE FRIENDS OF/EDWARD HULL CRUMP (Back wall of hemicycle:) TO THE GREAT PUBLIC BENEFACTOR EDWARD HULL CRUMP MEMPHIS DEDICATES THIS TRIBUTE signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A portrait statue on a pedestal in the middle of a circular platform with a semicircular wall or hemicycle. The statue is a standing male figure wearing a double-breasted overcoat and holding a cane in his proper right hand and a hat in his proper left hand. At the back of the base is hemicycle consisting of a curved wall lined with a bench. Against the back wall of the hemicycle, just above the bench, are two reclining figures, a male and a female, in high relief. One of the figures represents "Inspiration" and one represents "Achievement."
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Crump, Edward Hull -- Full length
    Figure group
    Allegory -- Other -- Imagination
    Allegory -- Quality -- Excellence
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Memphis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Memphis, Memphis Park Commission, Park Maintenance Division, 2599 Avery Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38112
    Located Overton Park, North of Poplar & Kenilworth, Memphis, Tennessee
    Remarks: 
    Donald De Lue created the portrait of Crump and William Henry Deacy created the hemicycle. For related articles, see Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), June 17, 1956; Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), Oct. 5, 1956; Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), April 19, 1957, and Press Scimitar (Memphis, TN), Feb. 10, 1965. Funded by the people of Memphis through the E. H. Crump Memorial Association. One thousand four hundred ninety six donors are on a list buried within the hemicycle.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
    Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), April 22, 1957.
    Illustration: 
    Press Scimitar (Memphis, TN), Feb. 10, 1965.
    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 76009532
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