(Crucifixion Group), (sculpture).

(Crucifixion Group), (sculpture).

Daprato Statuary Company, founder.

(Crucifixion Group), (sculpture).

Crucifixion Scene, (sculpture).

Installed 1918.

Sculpture: Orbronze, stainless steel, copper, and lacquer restoratives; Base: Bedford stone.

Sculpture: approx. H. 16 ft. x W. 7 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 9 x 4 ft.

Daprato Statuary Company, Chicago, Illinois (On front of base:) SACRED HEART/RESTORATION/1991 (At top of cross:) INRI Founder's mark appears.

Crucifixion scene depicting Christ on the cross wearing a loincloth and crown of thorns. A figure resembling the Virgin Mary stands in front of the cross on the proper right side. She wears a long dress and head covering and her arms are crossed over her chest. A female figure with long hair, wearing a long dress, kneels in front of the cross, her fingers laced together in front of her. A third female figure stands to the proper left of the cross. She has long hair and wears a long dress, and her hands are held together in front of her chest. The figure of Christ and the female figures are silver colored. The scene is mounted atop a stone base.

Religion -- New Testament -- Crucifixion

Religion -- New Testament -- Christ

State of Being -- Death -- Execution

Emblem -- Cross

Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Baileyville

Administered by Sacred Heart Church, 212 Third Street, Baileyville, Kansas 66404

Located Sacred Heart Cemetery, Baileyville, Kansas 66404

Late in 1990, Deggingers' Foundry of Topeka, Kansas, was contracted to restore the sculpture. The cross was found to be copper placed over a cast iron frame. The cast iron frame was discarded, a stainless steel frame made, and new copper placed over that frame. A stainless steel shaft was used for mounting. The three statues and the figure of Christ were taken to the bare metal, repaired and the pittings filled. Multiple layers of lacquer restoratives were applied, with each layer being hand sanded. The restoration was completed in 1991. IAS files contain a press release from Sacred Heart Church which includes a chemical analysis of the statue and gives separate dimensions for each figure, the cross, and base.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1994.

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