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Huenergardt, Margaret Sanders,
Portrait male -- Sanders, Harland
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville
Sculpture
Colonel Harland Sanders, (sculpture).
Artist:
Huenergardt, Margaret Sanders, sculptor.
Title:
Colonel Harland Sanders, (sculpture).
Dates:
1971. Dedicated Sept. 1971.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 2 ft. 2 1/2 in. x W. 1 ft. 8 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.
Inscription:
Margaret Sanders 1971 (On base:) COL. HARLAND SANDERS/A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME./PRESENTED BY/THE EMPLOYEES/AND FRANCHISES/KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN CORPORATION/SEPTEMBER 1971/ON OCCASION OF HIS 81ST BIRTHDAY (On back:) A MAN WILL RUST OUT/QUICKER THAN HE WILL WEAR OUT. COL HARLAND SANDERS signed
Description:
Portrait bust of Colonel Harland Sanders.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Sanders, Harland -- Bust
Occupation -- Military -- Colonel
Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville
Sculpture
Owner:
Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation, 1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40213
Remarks:
Harland Sanders was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation. His daughter created the sculpture. Another casting of this bust is at his grave site in Cave Hill Cemetery (see IAS record KY000178) and at the Filson Club, both in Louisville, Kentucky. IAS files contain related articles from Louisville Coronet, Jan. 1977 and Louisville Courier-Journal, March 9, 1979.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, KY0051, 1989.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Altrusa Club of Louisville, "Cut, Cast, Carved," Louisville, KY: Chamber of Commerce, 1974.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), March 9, 1979.
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 75005392
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
75005392
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