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Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic
Object -- Other
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Written Matter
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Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Leon
Sculpture
(Statue of Liberty Replica), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
Title:
(Statue of Liberty Replica), (sculpture).
Dates:
Rededicated 1976.
Medium:
Statue: metal, painted gold and black; Base: stone and brick.
Dimensions:
Statue: approx. 8 ft. x 30 in. x 22 in.; Base: approx. 4 x 3 x 3 ft.
Inscription:
(On tablet of statue:) JULY/IV/MDCCLXXVI (Plaque on front of base, raised:) IN THE BICENTENNIAL/YEAR 1976/AS IN 1776 LET OUR JOINT/EFFORTS ENCOURAGE AND MAINTAIN/THE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY FOR ALL/WHO YEARN TO BREATHE FREE/REDEDICATION DAY 1976 unsigned
Description:
Standing robed female, representing Liberty, wears a spiked crown and holds a torch upraised in her proper right hand and an inscribed tablet in her proper left arm. The statue is mounted upon a pyramidal base with a plaque on the front and is set in a star-shaped planter.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Object -- Other -- Torch
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Object -- Written Matter
Object Type:
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Leon
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Leon, 104 West 1st, City Hall, Leon, Iowa 50144
Located Courthouse, North Main Street, town square, Leon, Iowa
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1996.
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 IA000216
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
IA000216
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