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Ullberg, Kent,
Stinson-Head, Incorporated,
History -- United States
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Boca Raton
Sculpture
Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ullberg, Kent, 1945- , sculptor.
Stinson-Head, Incorporated, fabricator.
Title:
Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1988.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Pedestal: polished marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 130 x 180 x 40 in.; Pedestal: approx. 121 x 44 x 45 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(Plaque on front of pedestal:) "VETERANS MONUMENT/TO COMMEMORATE ALL VETERANS PRESENT/AND PAST WHO HAVE GIVEN OF/THEMSELVES TO PRESERVE OUR COUNTRY'S FREEDOM/DEDICATED/1988/BOCA RATON CITY COUNCIL/(7 names and their titles follow)/ARTIST KENT ULLBERG/PEDESTAL/STINSON-HEAD, INCORPORATED.
Description:
An eagle stands perched with its wings outstretched, mounted atop a tall pedestal with plaque. The pedestal is surrounded at the bottom by tiles embedded with three eight-by-ten inch plaques on two of the four sides of the monument. The monument has a short border around it, with sixty-eight bronze plaques embedded in the ceramic tiles in the walkway surrounding it.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Military history
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Boca Raton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Boca Raton, City Clerk, 201 West Palmetto Park Road, City Hall, Boca Raton, Florida 33432
Located 2nd Avenue & 2nd Street, southeast corner, Boca Raton, Florida
Remarks:
Honors all veterans. IAS files contain full transcription of names on commemoration plaque on pedestal. One nearby plaque reads: To Honor/Myron "Pete" Kuzma/Lt. Col. USAF/Command Pilot/WWII Korea Vietnam.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida survey, 1995.
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 FL000454
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
FL000454
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