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Redfield and Forman Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Landi, Fidardo, 1865-1918, sculptor. Hinsdale, Nehemich C., designer. Fonderia G. Vignali, founder. Leland & Hall Company, contractor. Title:  Redfield and Forman Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated May 30, 1908. Medium:  Figures: bronze; Base: Westerly blue granite. Dimensions:  Figures: life-size; Base: approx. 10 x 11 x 9 ft. Inscription:  (On northeast corner of bronze base:) N.C. Hinsdale, Designer, Fidardo Landi, Sculptor; Leland and Hall Co., Builders (On front of base:) LEWIS H. REDFIELD/FANNUNGTON CONN. NOV. 26, 1793/SYRACUSE JULY 14, 1882/ERECTED BY HIS DAUGHTER/MRS. W.H.H.SMITH/1906 signed Description:  Bronze portraits of pioneer citizen, newspaper man, and merchant Lewis Hamilton Redfield and Judge Joshua Forman are installed atop a square granite pylon base adorned on the front with a bronze figure of Hiawatha. Redfield is portrayed standing beside his friend Forman who is seated in a chair. Subject:  Portrait male -- Redfield, Lewis H. -- Full length Portrait male -- Forman, Joshua -- Full length Literature -- Character -- Hiawatha Literature -- Longfellow -- Song of Hiawatha Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist Occupation -- Law -- Judge Ethnic -- Indian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Syracuse Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Syracuse, Department of Parks and Recreation, 412 Spencer Street, Syracuse, New York 13204 Located Forman Park, East Genesee, Almond, & Jefferson Streets, Syracuse, New York Remarks:  The memorial cost $30,000 and was a gift of Mrs. Margaret Treadwell Smith, daughter of Lewis Hamilton Redfield, in honor of Onondaga County early pioneers. The memorial was designed by Nehemich C. Hinsdale and was cast in Florence, Italy. IAS files contain a copy of the dedication brochure, and newspaper articles from the Syracuse Journal, May 30, 1908; the Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), May 26, 1908; and The Syracuse Herald, May 30, 1908. In 2010, the sculptures on the memorial were reinstalled following a three-year restoration project. References:  Onondaga County Public Library, 1988. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0047, 1989. Monumental News, Sept. 1905; June and July 1908. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Ted Bartlett, Crawford & Stearns: Architects and Preservation Planners, 1999. Illustration:  Monumental News, July 1908, pg. 501. 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 73950018   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 73950018 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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