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Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Allegory -- Civic
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Fairmont
Copy
Sculpture
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
Title:
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Dates:
1950. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1950.
Medium:
Sculpture: painted metal; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 6 in. x 22 in. x 22 in.; Base: approx. 25 x 34 x 34 in.
Inscription:
(Base front, on plaque:) WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF/THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE/POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE/UNITED STATES/THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA/DEDICATE THIS COPY OF THE/STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE/OF EVERLASTING FIDELITY AND/LOYALTY/40TH ANNIVERSARY CRUSADE TO/STRENGTHEN THE ARM OF LIBERTY/1950 (Rear of base, on plaque:) THIS SYMBOL OF AMERICA HAS BEEN/BROUGHT TO THE CITIZENS OF MARION COUNTY/BY FAIRMONT POST 17, INC./THE AMERICAN LEGION/NOV. 11, 1950 (Embossed on open book held by Liberty:) JULY/IV/MDCCLXXVI
Description:
A replica of the original Statue of Liberty. The allegorical female figure, representing Liberty, wears long flowing robes and a headpiece. She holds an open book in her folded proper left arm, and a torch overhead in her proper right hand. The figure is painted gold and the torch is painted red. The statue stands on a simple concrete base with a plaque on the front.
Subject:
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Other -- Torch
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Fairmont
Copy
Sculpture
Owner:
American Legion Post #17, 207 Jefferson Street, Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
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.
IAS files contain a related article from Fairmont Times - West Virginian, (Fairmont, WV), Nov. 11, 1950, pg. 1 & 10, which describes the dedication ceremony.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992.
Fairmont Times - West Virginian (Fairmont, WV), Nov. 11, 1950, pg. 1, 10.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Fairmont Times - West Virginian (Fairmont, WV), Nov. 11, 1950, pg. 1.
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 WV000072
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
WV000072
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