Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
Artist Browse
Title Browse
Subject Browse
Object Type Browse
Owner Browse
Refine Search
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Park, Yon Sim,
Portrait male -- Washington, George
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Military
History -- United States
Animal -- Horse
Animal -- Portrait
Allegory -- Civic
Emblem -- Seal
Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Claremore
Sculpture
The Eternalism, (sculpture).
Artist:
Park, Yon Sim, 1928- , sculptor.
Title:
The Eternalism, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
George Washington, (sculpture).
Dates:
Sept. 1987. Dedicated Sept. 17, 1987.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: KellStone; Base: KellStone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 10 x 8 x 15 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 9 x 12 ft.
Inscription:
(On lower rear of statue:) The Eternalism/Sept. 1987/Yon Sim Park/(signature also appears in Korean) (On rear of base:) THIS MEMORIAL TO GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON/THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY DEDICATED ON/SEPTEMBER 17, 1987 IN CELEBRATION OF THE 200TH/ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. CREATED AND SCULPTED ON THIS CAMPUS/BY MR. YON SIM PAK (sic), ARTIST IN RESIDENCE./KELLSTONE MATERIAL CONTRIBUTED BY MR. PAUL M./KELLERT, JEFFERSON FELLOW, ROGERS STATE COLLEGE (Plaques on the sides of the base contain quotes from Washington from his first inaugural address, Jan 8, 1790 and from Jan. 1, 1796) signed
Description:
George Washington and his horse are depicted during a battle. Standing by his horse, Nelson, Washington looks in the direction of his outstretched proper right hand in which he holds a telescope. He holds a scabbard in his proper left hand. He wears a long coat, vest, ruffled shirt and trousers tucked into knee-high boots. Washington's cloak is thrown over his saddled horse. At their feet is a flagpole bearing the Continental flag, which is shot full of holes. The sculpture stands on a rectangular base which has the Presidential Seal.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Washington, George -- Full length
Occupation -- Political -- President
Occupation -- Military -- General
History -- United States -- Revolution
Animal -- Horse
Animal -- Portrait -- Nelson
Allegory -- Civic -- Democracy
Emblem -- Seal
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Claremore
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Rogers University, Rogers State College Foundation, 1701 West Will Rogers Boulevard, Claremore, Oklahoma 74018
Located Rogers University, Auditorium, Claremore, Oklahoma 74018
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Constitution. The artist was then artist-in-residence at the College. The figure of Washington represents Democracy. IAS files contain related excerpt from the "Guidebook to Rogers State College," an article from the Claremore Daily Progress, Sept. 13, 1987; and copies of information from the vertical files of the University library.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Claremore Daily Progress, Sept. 13, 1987, pg. 1.
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 OK000239
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
OK000239
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact