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    		• Wolter, Adolph G.,
     
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    		• Wellman, Fred,
     
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    		• Modern Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Chevrolet, Louis
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Durant, William C.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Chevrolet, Gaston
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Fisher, Carl G.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Allison, James A.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Ford, Henry
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Oldfield, Barney
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Firestone, Harvey
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Schwitzer, Louis
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Herrington, A. W.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Rickenbacker, E. V.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Van Runst, C. W.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Milton, Tommy
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Trotter, L. H.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Myers, T. E.
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Speedway
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Louis Chevrolet Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wolter, Adolph G., b. 1903, sculptor.
    Wellman, Fred, 1889-1973, designer.
    Modern Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Louis Chevrolet Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1968-1970. Assembled Spring 1975.
    Medium: 
    Bronze on white Danby Imperial marble and fine grain granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    Chevrolet bust: approx. 32 x 17 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 59 1/2 x 21 x 30 in.; Exedra: approx. 70 in. x 28 ft. 4 in. x 91 in.; Each panel relief: 19 x 47 x 1 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Proper left bottom:) ADOLPH WOLTER 1968 (Bronze plaque on back of base:) Erected Under Auspices Of/Speedway Old Timers/Chevrolet Memorial Committee/William B. Ansted, Jr., Chairman/A. W. Herrington, Honorary Chairman/Frank Bain Chairman Ex-Officio/Charles R. Keogh Treasurer/Fred Wellman, Secretary/Al Bloemaker Karl Kizer/Clarence Cagle F. E. Moscovics/Herman Deupree Lee Oldfield/Ray Harroun Louis Schwitzer/E. V. Rickenbacker/MCMLXXI (Base front:) "Never/Give/Up"/Louis Chevrolet/1878/1941 (Each bronze relief panel also inscribed with identifying text) signed
    Description: 
    The work commemorates the accomplishments of Louis Chevrolet and inclused a bust of Louis, set before an exedra wall with four bronze relief panels depicting four of Chevrolet's major accomplishments. They show: Louis and W. C. Durant, founder of General Motors, with the first Chevrolet passenger car in 1911. A second panel show's Chevrolet's first winning car at Indianapolis, driven to victory in 1920 by brother Gaston, with four Speedway pioneers in the background -- Carl G. Fisher, James A. Allison, L. H. Trotter, and T. E. (Pop) Myers.
    A third panel shows Chevrolet's second Indianapolis winner, driven by Tommy Milton in 1921, with Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker, Col. A. W. Herrington, Louis Schwitzer and C. W. Van Ranst. The fourth panel shows Chevrolet's 1923 Barber-Warnock Fronty Ford at the Speedway with Henry Ford at the wheel and Louis standing alongside, flanked by Barney Oldfield and Harvey Firestone.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Chevrolet, Louis -- Bust
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Automobile
    Portrait male -- Durant, William C. -- Full length
    Portrait male -- Chevrolet, Gaston -- Waist length
    Portrait male -- Fisher, Carl G. -- Waist length
    Portrait male -- Allison, James A. -- Waist length
    Portrait male -- Ford, Henry
    Portrait male -- Oldfield, Barney -- Full length
    Portrait male -- Firestone, Harvey -- Full length
    Portrait male -- Schwitzer, Louis
    Portrait male -- Herrington, A. W.
    Portrait male -- Rickenbacker, E. V.
    Portrait male -- Van Runst, C. W.
    Portrait male -- Milton, Tommy
    Portrait male -- Trotter, L. H.
    Portrait male -- Myers, T. E.
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Speedway
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway Museum, 4790 West 16th Street, Speedway, Indiana 46224
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain copies of unidentified articles discussing the monument, the artists, how the piece was funded, who the donors were and who is honored by it. The original plan to fund the piece called for 200 gifts of $200 each. More than 58% of the necessary $40,000 was raised that way. Louis Chevrolet was a Swiss-American automobile racer and designer. Fred Wellman was the designer of the monument and Adolph Wolter was the sculptor. See IAS files files for full text inscriptions and photocopies of bronze reliefs.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000061
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