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Fairbanks, Avard,
Roman Bronze Works,
Portrait male -- Penrose, Spencer
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
Sculpture
Spencer Penrose, (sculpture).
Artist:
Fairbanks, Avard, 1897-1987, sculptor.
Roman Bronze Works, founder.
Title:
Spencer Penrose, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Memorial Statue, (sculpture).
Dates:
1957.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze with patina; Base: concrete or marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 3 ft. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 52 in. x 4 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 8 in.
Inscription:
(On rock behind figure's proper right foot:) Avard Fairbanks/1957 Roman Bronze Works, Inc. (Front of base:) SPENCER PENROSE/1865-1932 (Metal plaque on back of base indicates statue belongs to the Eli Pomar Foundation) signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length standing portrait of Spencer Penrose, founding father of Colorado Springs. He is dressed in a suit and holds a ten gallon hat at his side in his proper right hand.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Penrose, Spencer -- Full length
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by El Pomar Foundation, Material Maintenance, 10 Lake Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906
Located Broadmoor Hotel, 1 Lake Avenue, Courtyard, Colorado Springs, Colorado
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs 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 CO000157
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