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Red Jacket, (sculpture). Artist:  Soles, Michael, 1943- , sculptor. Benedict, Dexter Noel, 1944- , sculptor. Fireworks Foundry, founder. Title:  Red Jacket, (sculpture). Dates:  Late 1970's. Dedicated June 13, 1981. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze with a dark brown patina; Base: granite with carved wood facing. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 4 x 4 x 4 ft. Inscription:  (On plinth, rear:) Sagoyewatha/Red/Jacket/A Seneca, A Human Being, A Voice/Like Rushing Water, Wind, Like a Wolf (On plaque in front:) RED JACKET/1752-1830/FAMED SENECA ORATOR AND CHIEF, NAMED/OTETIANI/("ALWAYS READY") AND, LATER/SA-GO-YE-WA-THA ("HE WHO KEEPS THEM AWAKE.")/HE BECAME KNOWN AS RED JACKET AFTER HE/WAS GIVEN A SCARLET COAT BY THE BRITISH/AT THE END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR./IN 1792, GEORGE WASHINGTON PRESENTED HIM/WITH A LARGE SILVER MEDAL WHICH HE/IS DEPICTED WEARING HERE./SCULPTURE BY MICHAEL SOLES DEDICATED JUNE 13, 1981 unsigned Description:  Full-length figure of Red Jacket stands on a square base with ornate wood facing. The figure is bare-chested except for a large medal which hangs around his neck. He wears leggings and moccasins and a feather in his hair. His proper left arm is extended to the side. On the back of the figure are relief images depicting Indian life, with wooded scene, figures, deer, beans, squash and corn. Subject:  Portrait male -- Red Jacket -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian -- Seneca Object -- Vegetable -- Corn Object -- Vegetable -- Squash Object -- Vegetable -- Bean Animal -- Deer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Penn Yan Sculpture Owner:  Red Jacket Park, Penn Yan, New York References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. 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 NY001766   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001766 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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