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Unknown (French),
Figure female -- Nude
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Gloucester City
Sculpture
Iron Lady, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (French), sculptor.
Title:
Iron Lady, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1890. Relocated 1929.
Medium:
Sculpture: concrete and possibly iron; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 62 x 26 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 5 x 42 x 42 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A nude woman leans reaching towards the ground, a towel draped over her proper left leg, which rests on a rock. Her head is bowed forward, and her hair is braided around the crown of her head and tied up in a bun. The sculpture is mounted on a circular base.
Subject:
Figure female -- Nude
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Gloucester City
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Gloucester City, Gloucester City, New Jersey
Located Proprietors Park, King Street at Orange, Gloucester City, New Jersey
Provenance:
Formerly administered by Camden County, Park Commissioners, Camden County, New Jersey
Formerly in the collection of Thompson, William, Gloucester City, New Jersey 1890-1920s.
Remarks:
The sculpture was brought from France around 1890 by William Thompson, "Duke of Gloucester" and placed on his estate. When the estate was demolished in the 1920s to make way for what is now a Coast Guard Station, the sculpture was salvaged. And in 1929, it was reinstalled at its present site, when the Camden County Parks Commission created the new riverfront park. IAS files contain a related article from the Courier-Post, Feb. 27, 1981, pg. 5E, which indicates that the figure's nudity has been controversial.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Courier-Post, Feb. 27, 1981, pg. 5E.
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 NJ000457
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000457
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