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Religion -- New Testament
Animal -- Reptile
Architecture -- Religious
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Bethlehem
Sculpture
Our Lady of the Fairways, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Our Lady of the Fairways, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Maplewood Caddy Camp Shrine, (sculpture).
Dates:
1958.
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Pedestal: granite; Shrine: brick, granite, stone, concrete, and cement.
Dimensions:
Overall shrine: 9 ft. x 7 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 6 in.; Sculpture: approx. 36 x 10 x 6 in.; Pedestal: approx. 26 x 27 x 13 in.
Inscription:
(Front of base, incised:) GUIDE US ON OUR/DAILY JOURNEY/IN MEMORY OF FELLOW/CADDIES AND CAMPERS/C.C.A. unsigned
Description:
A shrine with a standing figure of the Virgin Mary set within a niche, on top of an altar. Mary is wearing robes and her head is covered with a veil. Her hands are pressed together in prayer, and she is barefoot, stepping on the head of a large serpent with her proper right foot, its body wrapping around the circular lower section and tail visible by Mary's proper left foot. The serpent has an apple in its mouth. Sculpture is placed upon a pedestal with a foliated ornament in the upper corners, and set in a semicircular arched brick niche. Niche stands on an altar of fieldstone and concrete, topped with a granite slab.
Subject:
Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
Architecture -- Religious -- Shrine
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Bethlehem
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Maplewood Caddy Camp Shrine, Route 302, Bethlehem, New Hampshire
Owned by Cunningham, Helen, 3 Willow Crest Drive, RR 5, Katonach, New York 10536
Remarks:
Shrine was built and dedicated by former caddies of Maplewood and Bethlehem golf courses and their caddy camps. The Maplewood Caddy Camp was located just a few hundred feet east of the Shrine, on Route 302. In 1990, the Shrine was rebuilt, the benches were redone and the sign repainted as it was originally done in 1958 by Toni Russo of Littleton, one of the former caddies.
Nearby wooden sign reads: THE TRAVELER ALONG THE WAY:/...To the weary who would pause/Along the road to rest.../...To the family or group or party/That would linger to rest and pray.../...To any and all./...This roadside haven is dedicated.../...With the hope that its beauty and serenity shall be as a warm hand clasp of a friend to a friend./CADDY CAMP ALUMNI MEMORIAL/BOSTON MASS. IAS files contain a visitors' handout for the Shrine, and a newspaper article from The Courier (Littleton, NH), July 5, 1990.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire 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 NH000304
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