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Shevchenko Monument Works,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Service
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Sayreville
Sculpture
Fire Department Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Shevchenko Monument Works, fabricator.
Title:
Fire Department Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1954.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: carved granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 5 1/2 x 2 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 20 x 1 ft.
Inscription:
SHEVCHENKO MONUMENT WKS/FORDS AND HOPELAWN, NJ/PERTH AMBOY 4-1286 (Front of base below figure, incised:) TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/THE DEPARTED MEMBERS/OF THE/SAYREVILLE/FIRE DEPARTMENT/ERECTED IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION/BY THE PEOPLE THEY SERVED/DEDICATED BY THE/EXEMPT ASSOCIATION/1954 Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A fireman stands wearing a helmet, coat, and boots. He holds a hose before him, the nozzle in his proper left hand and the handle in his proper right hand. He stands atop an inscribed, vertical slab flanked by a horizontal slab on either side.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Sayreville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Sayreville Engine Company 1, MacArther Avenue, Sayreville, New Jersey 08872
Located Intersection of MacArther Avenue & Main Street, Sayreville, New Jersey
Remarks:
Erected by the people of Sayreville in memory of the departed members of their fire department. Dedicated by the Exempt Association.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
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 NJ000078
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000078
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