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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,     Hunt, Richard Morris,     Eiffel, Alexandre-Gustave,     Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel,     Gaget, Gautheir et Compagnie,     Figure female     Allegory -- Civic     Sculpture

Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, (sculpture). Artist:  Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. Hunt, Richard Morris, 1827-1895, architect. Eiffel, Alexandre-Gustave, 1832-1923, engineer. Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel, engineer. Gaget, Gautheir et Compagnie, fabricator. Title:  Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Statue of Liberty National Monument, (sculpture). Liberty Enlightening the World, (sculpture). Statue of Liberty, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated October 28, 1886. Medium:  Hammered copper sheets attached to an iron framework. Dimensions:  Overall height: 305 ft.; Statue: H. 151 ft.; Base: 154 ft. (225 tons.). Description:  Allegorical female figure, representing Liberty, standing with right hand held high above her head. She holds a torch in her proper right hand. The statue stands upon a pedestal that rests within the star-shaped walls of Fort Hunt. The circular stairway within the statue has 171 steps and the pedestal stairway contains 167 steps. Subject:  Figure female Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Liberty Island, New York Harbor, New York, New York Remarks:  The idea for the statue originated in 1865 by a group of French Repubicans. From the first model in terra cotta, Bartholdi progressed to the final figure by creating four successive statues, each an exact larger-scale version of the one preceding. The statue was completed ca. 1884 and between 1884 and 1886, disassembled and shipped across the Atlantic. The pedestal was designed by Hunt; supporting structure by Viollet-le-Duc, and upon his death, Eiffel. Ten years after the statue was presented U.S. citizens had finally raised enough money to pay for the base. Portfolio (magazine) July/August 1981 issue includes historic photographs by French industrial photographer, Fernique, depicting the statue's assembly. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Portfolio, July/August 1981, pg. 46-49. Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 58-63. Illustration:  Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 11. Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 59 and 62. 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 76003645   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76003645 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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