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McKenzie, R. Tait,
Figure male -- Child
Dress -- Uniform
Occupation -- Service
Object -- Tool
Homage -- Denny, Harmar D. Jr.
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Sharpsburg
Sculpture
The Boy Scout, (sculpture).
Artist:
McKenzie, R. Tait, 1867-1938, sculptor.
Title:
The Boy Scout, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Ideal Boy Scout, (sculpture).
Dates:
1937.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Approx. 5 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.
Inscription:
(On base, rear:) R. TAIT MCKENZIE 1937 (On plaque on base:) PRESENTED TO/CAMP GUYASUTA/IN MEMORY OF/HARMAR D. DENNY, JR./1886-1966/PRESIDENT ALLEGHENY COUNCIL/1928-1935/MEMBER NATIONAL COUNCIL EXEC. BOARD/1940-1966/SILVER BEAVER/1933/SILVER ANTELOPE/1944/SILVER BUFFALO/1952/SCOUTER/EXTRAORDINARY signed
Description:
Standing figure of a Boy Scout in uniform, including scarf, shorts, knee socks and hiking boots. He holds his hat to his chest with his proper right hand. His proper left hand is on a hatchet which hangs from a tool belt on his hip. The statue stands on a round base.
Subject:
Figure male -- Child -- Full length
Dress -- Uniform -- Scout Uniform
Occupation -- Service -- Scouting
Object -- Tool -- Axe
Homage -- Denny, Harmar D. Jr.
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Sharpsburg
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Boy Scouts of America, Greater Pittsburgh Council, 300 23rd Street Extension, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15215
Located Camp Guyasuta, Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
This work has been duplicated for more than thirty Boy Scout Council facilities across the country. 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. Dr. McKenzie, also a Council member, presented the statuette and its copyright to the Philadelphia Council Executive Board on March 10, 1915. An updated, life-sized version was created in 1937 for the opening of the Philadelphia Council's new headquarters building (IAS record 88320102). A total of five Boy Scouts posed for the statue between 1914 and 1937, and the final work is a composite of its models. For related reading, see "Discovering Pittsburgh's sculpture," by Vernon Gay (Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, c1983). IAS files contain excerpt from Scout Memorabilia, n.d., which details history of Tait's Scout statues, and related unpublished essay by Turner Moon.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
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 PA000512
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