Eternal Vigilance, (sculpture).

Eternal Vigilance, (sculpture).

Deckard, John Silk, 1938/40-1994, sculptor.

Unknown (Cleveland, Ohio), founder.

Eternal Vigilance, (sculpture).

1978. Relocated 1983.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.

Sculpture: approx. 37 x 23 x 34 in.; Base: approx. 4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 ft. (500 lbs.).

A seated nude male with knees drawn up to his chest, arms crossed over his legs, and hands resting on opposite shoulders, with fingers spread wide apart. The sculpture is mounted on a two-tiered square base in front of a stairway.

Figure male -- Full length

Figure male -- Nude

Allegory -- Other -- Vigilance

Allegory -- Time -- Eternity

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Erie

Erie Art Museum, 411 State Street, Erie, Pennsylvania 16501

Formerly located Erie Art Center, West Sixth Street, Erie, Pennsylvania 1978-1983.

The sculpture was commissioned and installed in front of the Erie Art Center in 1978. When the Erie Art Center moved and became the Erie Art Museum in 1983, the sculpture was relocated to its present site. IAS files contain a flyer from the Erie Art Museum entitled "Eternal Vigilance."

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

Erie Art Museum, 2010.

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