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Ballard, W. C.,
Moritz, Marcell,
Jensen, Lowell,
Portrait female -- Pocahontas
Ethnic -- Indian
Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Pocahontas
Billboard
Sculpture
Miss Pocahontas, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ballard, W. C., designer.
Moritz, Marcell, contractor.
Jensen, Lowell, contractor.
Title:
Miss Pocahontas, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1956.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: steel (?), wood, and fiberglass, painted; Base: cement.
Dimensions:
Approx. 25 x 15 x 7 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A braided Pocahontas stands, dressed in a simple belted ankle-length dress. She holds her proper left arm to her stomach; her proper right arm extends outward to the side.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Pocahontas -- Full length
Ethnic -- Indian -- Powhatan
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Pocahontas
Billboard
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Pocahontas, 23 Elm Avenue West, City Hall, Pocahontas, Iowa 50574
Located Highway 3, East side of town, Pocahontas, Iowa
Remarks:
Constructed in honor of the Indian Princess for whom the city and county are named. The idea was first conceived by Frank W. Shaw and his father, the late Senator A. J. Shaw, in 1948. The figure was designed by W. C. Ballard and constructed by Marcell Moritz, Lowell Jensen and crew of Pocahontas. SOS! survey lists figure media as wood and fiberglass; newspaper article lists figure media as wood and steel. IAS files contain two unidentified related articles and Smithsonian, (Nov. 1988), pg. 119.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Smithsonian, (Nov. 1988), pg. 119.
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 IA000012
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IA000012
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