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Boy Scout, (sculpture). Artist:  McKenzie, R. Tait, 1867-1938, sculptor. Modern Art Foundry, founder. Title:  Boy Scout, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Ideal Boy Scout, (sculpture). Dates:  Original 1937. Dedicated Feb. 15, 1967. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 21 x 30 x 39 3/4 in. Inscription:  (On back of sculpture:) R. TAIT McKENZIE. 1937 (On back edge of sculpture:) MODERN ART FOUNDRY/NEW YORK NY signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Standing figure of boy dressed in Boy Scout uniform: shorts, long-sleeved shirt, kerchief around neck, and knee-length socks. Hat in proper right hand held close to body. Proper left hand on hip, holding head of hatchet which is attached to belt. Proper left leg is slightly forward with knee bent. Subject:  Figure male -- Child -- Full length Occupation -- Service -- Scouting Object -- Tool -- Axe Dress -- Uniform -- Scout Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul Sculpture Owner:  Boy Scouts of America, Indianhead Boy Scout Council, 493 Marshall Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 Remarks:  The Boy Scout statue was originally created as a statuette in 1914 at the suggestion of Dr. Charles D. Hart, then president of the Philadelphia Council. An updated life-sized version, from which this piece is cast, was created in 1937 for the opening of the Philadelphia Council's new headquarter's building (IAS record 88320102). A total of five Boy Scouts posed for the statue between 1914 and 1937, and the final statue is a composite of its models. The St. Paul work was ordered for the new Minnesota Boy Scout Headquarters, which was dedicated Feb. 13, 1967. IAS files contain excerpt from Scout Memorabilia, n.d., detailing history of Tait's Scout statues and related unpublished essay by Turner Moon. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993. 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 MN000021   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000021 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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