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McKenzie, R. Tait,
Modern Art Foundry,
Figure male -- Child
Occupation -- Service
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Tool
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Sculpture
The Ideal Boy Scout, (sculpture).
Artist:
McKenzie, R. Tait, 1867-1938, sculptor.
Modern Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
The Ideal Boy Scout, (sculpture).
Dates:
Original 1937. Dedicated Oct. 10, 1962.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: cast bronze; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 72 x 22 x 31 in.; Base: approx. 38 x 32 x 41 in.
Inscription:
(On self base, incised:) R. TAIT McKENZIE 1937 Modern Art Foundry N.Y. (Metal plaque on front of base:) THE IDEAL BOY SCOUT/BY/DR. ROBERT TAIT McKENZIE/A GIFT OF/THE CUB SCOUTS,/BOY SCOUTS, EXPLORERS/AND ADULT LEADERS/OF THE/GREATER CLEVELAND COUNCIL/OCTOBER 10, 1962 signed
Description:
A bronze statue of a Boy Scout stands casually, in scout uniform of neckerchief, shorts and kneesocks, proper left hand on hip resting on a hatchet head, proper right hand holding a campaign hat against his torso.
Subject:
Figure male -- Child -- Full length
Occupation -- Service -- Scouting
Dress -- Uniform -- Scout Uniform
Object -- Tool -- Axe
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Sculpture
Owner:
Boy Scouts of America Building, 2241 Woodland Avenue, S.E., Cleveland, Ohio 44115
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. IAS files contain excerpt from Scout Memorabilia, n.d., detailing history of Tait's Scout statues, and related unpublished essay by Turner Moon.
The Cleveland piece was purchased from the Philadelphia Council and made possible by the donations from Scouts and Scouters in the Greater Cleveland Council. IAS files contain a related article from the Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), Oct. 11, 1962. For additional information, see: Andrew J. Kozar's "The Sport Sculpture of R. Tait McKenzie," Champaign, IL: Human Kinetic Books, c1992.
Conservation:
Treated 1997 August. McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, Inc. (Oberlin, OH). Treatment report on file with owner.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993.
SOS Conservation Notification Report, 1999.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), Oct. 11, 1962.
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 OH000383
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