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Baird, Heather,
Douglass Monuments,
Celestial Memorial Sculpting Studio,
Figure group -- Family
Occupation -- Industry
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Cape May
Sculpture
Fisherman Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Baird, Heather, sculptor.
Douglass Monuments, design firm.
Celestial Memorial Sculpting Studio, fabricator.
Title:
Fisherman Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1988.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 x 4 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 54 in. x 5 ft. x 5 ft.
Inscription:
(Incised on front and back of base:) DEDICATED TO FISHERMEN LOST AT SEA, 1988/HE HUSHED THE STORM TO A GENTLE BREEZE/AND THE BILLOWS OF THE SEA WERE STILLED.
Description:
A mother in a raincoat stands with her two children. A boy stands to her proper right and a girl to her proper left. Each of the mother's arms rests on a child's back. They stand atop an inscribed base.
Subject:
Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child
Occupation -- Industry -- Fishing
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Cape May
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Missouri Avenue, Cape May, New Jersey
Remarks:
Dedicated by the Cape May County Fishermans Memorial, Inc., to fishermen lost at sea. Heather Baird was the creator of the memorial figure, the project sculptors were the Celestial Memorial Sculpting Studio, and the project coordinator was Douglass Monuments. IAS files contain transcriptions of nearby plaques.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey 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 NJ000086
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000086
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