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Varga, Ferenc,
Watkins, Bill,
Roemer, Bert,
Figure group -- Family
Disaster -- Storm
Waterscape -- Coast
Architecture -- Domestic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Belle Glade
Relief
Sculpture
1928 Hurricane, (sculpture).
Artist:
Varga, Ferenc, 1912- , sculptor.
Watkins, Bill, assistant.
Roemer, Bert, contractor.
Title:
1928 Hurricane, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Nineteen Twenty-Eight Hurricane, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated May 31, 1976.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Relief panel: concrete; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 79 in. x L. 99 in.; Relief panel: approx. H. 47 in. x L. 74 in.; Base: approx. H. 64 x W. 72 x L. 92 in.
Inscription:
(On lower right of self-base:) Ferenc Varga (Founder's mark appears on left corner of self-base.) (Across top of relief panel:) BELLE GLADE 1928 (On plaque on base:) THIS STATUE/IS TO HONOR/THE EARLY GLADES PIONEERS/AND THE MORE THAN/TWO THOUSAND PERSONS/WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/IN THE DISASTROUS/1928 HURRICANE/BELLE GLADE/BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE/MAY 31. 1976 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Figure group in bronze of a family fleeing a hurricane. The father is on the proper right. He is running forward; his upper body is twisted to the proper right to look back. He holds his proper right arm bent and high, as if shielding his head. He wears a shirt and trousers. Next to him, in the center of the group, is a young boy. He too, is running forward with his head turned to look back. He wears a shirt and trousers. On the boy's proper left is the mother. She wears a dress; the skirt of the dress is swirling around her. In her proper left arm she carries a baby; her proper right hand is raised to her forehead. The sculpture stands on a rectangular concrete base. Bolted to the front face of the base is a bas-relief sculpture depicting a hurricane. On the far right side of the relief are three houses, on the shoreline, being swept away by the flood. On the left of the panel is the sea, with large waves taller than the first house. Palm trees, bent to the right by wind, are depicted in the background. There are also two broken utility poles.
Subject:
Figure group -- Family
Disaster -- Storm -- Hurricane
Waterscape -- Coast
Architecture -- Domestic -- House
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Belle Glade
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Lawrence E. Will Museum/Municipal Library, 530 South Main Street, Belle Glade, Florida 33430
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned to commemorate the 2,500 people who perished in the 1928 hurricane. Cost of the sculpture was $30,000. The base was donated by Roemer, a local building contractor. SOS! survey indicates county administration of sculpture; related newspaper articles indicate municipal administration of sculpture. IAS files contain copies of related article from Palm Beach Times, April 15, 1976 and The Belle Glade Herald, May 13, 1976.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
The Belle Glade (FL) Herald, May 13, 1976.
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 FL000886
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