Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
Artist Browse
Title Browse
Subject Browse
Object Type Browse
Owner Browse
Refine Search
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Christiana, David Patric,
Animal -- Dog
Animal -- Portrait
Sculpture
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Westford
MSP K-9 Frankie Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Christiana, David Patric, sculptor.
Title:
MSP K-9 Frankie Memorial, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Massachusetts State Police K-9 Frankie Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
January 2023. Installed May 20, 2023.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze and black granite; Base: black granite and grey granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 40 x 32 x 3 in. Base: 5 x 4 x 1 ft.
Inscription:
(On dog's front leg:) (artist's signature) (On dog's collar:) FRANKIE (On front of black granite base:) FRANKIE / EOW: JULY 26, 2022 / FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS / "FREE TIME" signed
Description:
Profile portrait of state police dog Frankie wearing a collar inscribed with his name and a vest adorned with the Massachusetts State Police Stop Team patch. The bronze sculpture of Frankie is installed against a black granite silhouette atop a black granite base.
Subject:
Animal -- Dog
Animal -- Portrait -- Frankie
Object Type:
Sculpture
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Westford
Owner:
Administered by Fitchburg Police Relief Association, 20 Elm Street, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Located Heritage Park, Police Memorial Plaza, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Remarks:
Memorial sculpture honoring Massachusetts State Police K-9 "Frankie" killed in action on July 26, 2022 by gunfire in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Frankie is the first Massachusetts State Police K-9 killed. He is also the first to be transported by ambulance under a new law enacted allowing police dogs to be transported and cared for by EMS. Fitchburg police officers raised money through community efforts to fund this memorial.
References:
Inventory Staff, 2023.
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 79020008
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
79020008
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact