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Seder, Frank,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Woodbury
Site-specific
Sculpture
People of Peace, (sculpture).
Artist:
Seder, Frank, sculptor.
Title:
People of Peace, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1992.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: unpolished black granite; Wall: polished black granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 x 7 x 10 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 8 x 5 ft.; Wall: approx. 11 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft. x 15 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(On front of wall:) PEOPLE OF PEACE/PEACE/IT SITS BY ITSELF ALONE AND IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED./LIKE A LIGHT AT THE END OF A DARK TUNNEL. MISSED/ONLY WHEN YOU REALIZE IT IS NO LONGER THERE./THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN FOR THAT LIGHT/ARE REMEMBERED IN THE YEARS OF PEACE (On back of wall:) FOR THOSE WHO SERVED unsigned
Description:
Memorial installation consisting of a full-length figure of a soldier in uniform. He holds an American flag above his head; his proper right hand grasps the flagpole. The flag flies parallel to the ground. The bronze sculpture stands on a large uncut base of black granite. The sculpture stands in front of a highly-polished curved black granite wall.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Other -- Flag
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Woodbury
Site-specific
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Gloucester County, Office of Veterans Affairs, Budd Boulevard & State Highway 45, Woodbury, New Jersey 08096
Located Justice Complex, Hunter Street, Woodbury, New Jersey
Remarks:
The memorial was installed in phases: phase three, which consists of an eternal flame, was not completed at the time of the SOS! survey. Cost of the sculpture and wall was approximately $150,000; total cost of the project is estimated at $320,000. IAS files contain copy of related article from Courier-Post, Feb. 6, 1995.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Courier-Post, Feb. 6, 1995.
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 NJ000594
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000594
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