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Merchant, Weldon,
Religion -- Angel
Figure -- Child
Homage -- Eckford, Feddy
Occupation -- Medicine
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Starkville
Sculpture
Dr. Feddy Eckford Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Merchant, Weldon, sculptor.
Title:
Dr. Feddy Eckford Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1989. Dedicated 1989.
Medium:
Aluminum on a concrete base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 15 ft. x 5 ft. x 15 in.; Base: approx. 6 in. x 5 ft. x 20 in.
Inscription:
Weldon Merchant (On oval plaque on outside face of left column:) The/Dr. Feddy Eckford/Memorial/Erected by/Oktibbeha/Friends/Weldon/Merchant/Sculptor/1989. signed
Description:
An arched gate to a wooded pathway on the grounds of the hospital. The top of the arch is a low relief, repousse-like, sculpture with an egg form in the center flanked by half-length angels holding babies. There are four comma-shaped forms filling the space below the angel figures. The arch is supported by columns made of sheet aluminum.
Subject:
Religion -- Angel
Figure -- Child
Homage -- Eckford, Feddy
Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Starkville
Sculpture
Owner:
Oktibbeha County Hospital, Hospital Road, Field on west side of hospital, Starkville, Mississippi 39759
Remarks:
Dr. Ed Roberts designed the walker's path through the memorial arch.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
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 MS000048
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