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Wood, Harry F.,
Rochette & Parzini,
Figure male -- Child
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Stony Point
Gate
Sculpture
Boy Scouts Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Wood, Harry F., architect.
Rochette & Parzini, founder.
Title:
Boy Scouts Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1948.
Medium:
Figures: bronze; Gateway: granite.
Dimensions:
2 figures. Each: approx. H. 5 1/2 ft.
Inscription:
(On self base, left:) Rochette & Parzini N. Y./Sculptors (On back of self base:) Harry F. Wood/Arch-Eng. N. Y./(copyright symbol) HFW (On plaque on gate:) ALMA M. BULLOWA/MEMORIAL/ROCKLAND COUNTY/COUNCIL/BOY SCOUTS/OF/AMERICA INC/1948/HARRY F. WOOD/ARCHITECT-ENGINEER signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Two identical figures of uniformed Boy Scouts stand on either side of a gateway. They wear shorts, knee socks, short-sleeved shirts and neck kerchiefs. The Scout emblem appears on each self base.
Subject:
Figure male -- Child
Dress -- Uniform -- Scout Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Stony Point
Gate
Sculpture
Owner:
Boy Scouts of America, Rockland County Council, Camp Bullowa, Franke Road, Stony Point, New York
Remarks:
Nearby plaque on stone column reads: PRESENTED BY/EDWARD BORG AND WILLIAM A. METZ/FELLOW TRUSTEES OF THE/EMILIE M. BULLOWA MEMORIAL ENDOWMNET/OF CAMP BULLOWA TRUST UDT 11/23/49/IN MEMORIAM/JOSEPH F.X. NOWICKI/1922-1976/IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HIS SELFLESS DEDICATION AND/DEVOTED EFFECTS IN FURTHERING THE CAUSE OF SCOUTING AND/IN HIS INSPIRATION HE INSTILLED IN OUR YOUTH TO ATTAIN/NOBLE HEIGHTS. ABOVE ALL, HE HAS SHOWN US HOW TO RUN/THE RACE OF LIFE TO THE FINISH AS A WINNER.
IAS files contain brief transcription of related text from "50 Years of Scouting in Rockland County, 1924-1974." Harry F. Wood supervised the design and construction of the gateway.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY000397
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NY000397
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