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Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Other
Object -- Written Matter
Dress -- Accessory
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison
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 June 14, 1951. Rededicated Oct. 28, 1971.
Medium:
Figure: metal; Base: stone and concrete.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. H. 9 ft. x W. 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 8 ft. x 4 ft.
Inscription:
(Metal plaque on front of stone base, raised letters:) WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF/THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE/POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE/UNITED STATES/THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA/DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE/STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE/OF EVERLASTING FIDELITY AND/LOYALTY/40TH ANNIVERSARY CRUSADE TO/STRENGTHEN THE ARM OF LIBERTY/1950 (Metal plaque on side of stone base, raised letters:) MAY THIS REPLICA OF THE/STATUE OF LIBERTY/CAUSE ALL TO REFLECT ON THE/ZEALOUS DEVOTION TO THE/CAUSE OF LIBERTY THAT IS/ESSENTIAL TO PRESERVE OUR/HERITAGE OF FREEDOM/PRESENTED BY/ROTARY CLUB OF MADISON/1950 unsigned
Description:
A female figure, representing Liberty, stands wearing long flowing robes and a headpiece. Her proper right arm is raised, holding a torch, while in her proper left arm she carries an inscribed tablet. The sculpture rests on a base made of stones which rests on top of a concrete base. The front and one side of the stone base are adorned with a metal inscription plaque.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Object -- Other -- Torch
Object -- Written Matter
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Madison, Parks Department, East Maintenance Division, 4602 Sycamore, Madison, Wisconsin 53704
Located Warner Park, Corner of Northport & Sherman Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin
Provenance:
Formerly located Giddings Park, Madison, Wisconsin
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 Madison statue was rededicated on October 28, 1971, on the 85th anniversary of the dedication of the original figure in New York City.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin 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 WI000170
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
WI000170
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