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Adams, Leo,
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Friedley-Voshardt Company,
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic
Object -- Other
Dress -- Historic
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Written Matter
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Liberty
Sculpture
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Adams, Leo, architect.
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
Friedley-Voshardt Company, founder.
Title:
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Strengthen the Arm of Liberty, (sculpture).
Statue of Liberty, (sculpture).
Dates:
Cast 1949. Dedicated Sept. 15, 1951. Rededicated 1992.
Medium:
Figure: sheet copper with green patina; Upper base and lower base: concrete and brick.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. H. 8 ft. 3 in.; Upper base: approx. 4 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 2 in.; Lower base: approx. H. 2 ft. Diam. 15 ft. (290 lbs.).
Inscription:
(On plaque on front of upper base:) WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF/THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE/POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE/UNITED STATES/THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA/DEDICATE THIS COPY OF THE/STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE/OF EVERLASTING FIDELITY AND/LOYALTY/40TH ANNIVERSARY CRUSADE TO/STRENGTHEN THE ARM OF LIBERTY/1950
Description:
Standing robed female figure of Liberty, holding torch in upraised proper right arm, tablets in bent proper left arm. Crown with spikes on head. Figure stands on rectangular upper base, which is mounted on circular lower base. The lower base features a brick star pattern on its top.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Object -- Other -- Torch
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object -- Written Matter
Object Type:
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Liberty
Sculpture
Owner:
Liberty School District, Franklin Elementary School, 201 West Mill Street, Liberty, Missouri 64068
Remarks:
This is one of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645) placed around the country as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of America (on file in IAS), the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scouts office.
The Liberty (MO) base cost $250 and was designed by Leo Adams. IAS files contain pamphlet, "The Story of Franklin Elementary School's Statue of Liberty," Jan. 1991. In 1991, the sculpture underwent conservation and missing crown spikes were replaced and a new base added.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
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 MO000080
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MO000080
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