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Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Friedley-Voshardt Company,
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Other
Object -- Written Matter
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- La Crosse
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Sculpture
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
Friedley-Voshardt Company, founder.
Title:
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1950.
Medium:
Sculpture: copper, possibly bronze plated; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 18 in. x 14 in.; Pedestal: approx. 5 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft.; Star-shaped base: approx. H. 4 ft. x Diam. 13 ft.
Inscription:
(On plaque on base:) WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE/POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THE/UNITED STATES/THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA/DEDICATE THE REPLICA OF THE/STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE/OF EVERLASTING FIDELITY AND LOYALTY/40TH ANNIVERSARY CRUSADE TO/STRENGTHEN THE ARM OF LIBERTY/1950 (On plaque on stone in front of statue:) EACH FLAG HONORS/A RUSH COUNTY MAN/WHO DIED DURING WARTIME
Description:
Allegorical female figure, representing Liberty, stands holding a torch aloft in her proper right hand. A book or tablet is crooked in her proper left elbow. The figure wears Classical-style robes and a star-like crown. Sculpture stands on a pedestal in a star-shaped base planter.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Object -- Other -- Torch
Object -- Written Matter
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- La Crosse
Copy
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of La Crosse, City Office, 1119 Main Street, La Crosse, Kansas 67548
Located La Crosse City Park, South Main Street, La Crosse, Kansas
Remarks:
This is one of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645) placed around the country as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of America (on file in IAS), the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scouts office.
The native limestone for the base was donated by the City of La Cross and was taken from the razed city jail building. There is a time capsule within the piece. Flame Engineering of Topeka created and donated new spires for the crown. IAS files include a related article from the Tribune (Great Bend, KS), Sept. 15, 1986 which lists the media as "bronze plated."
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas 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 KS000396
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Inventory of American Sculpture
KS000396
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