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Lowell, Guy,
Object -- Other
Homage -- Curtis, Edwin Upton
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Edwin Upton Curtis Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Lowell, Guy, 1870-1927, sculptor.
Title:
Edwin Upton Curtis Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Designed ca. 1923. Relocated ca. 1949. Relocated ca. 1952.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Granite.
Dimensions:
2 urns. Each: approx. 16 x 25 x 20 ft.
Inscription:
(On base of one urn:) EDWIN UPTON CURTIS / 1861-1922 / MAYOR OF BOSTON / MEMBER OF THE / METROPOLITAN PARK COMMISSION / COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS / CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL / CONVENTION'S COMMITTEE / ON BILL OF RIGHTS / COMMISSIONER OF POLICE / COURAGEOUS / FAITHFUL SERVANT / OF CITY COMMONWEALTH / AND NATION unsigned
Description:
Two memorial urns honoring the public service of Edwin Upton Curtis are installed at the entrance to one of three footbridges over the Storrow Lagoon on the Charles River Esplanade.
Subject:
Object -- Other -- Vase
Homage -- Curtis, Edwin Upton
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Boston, Metropolitan District Commission, Boston, Massachusetts
Located Charles River Esplanade, Lagoon Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts
Provenance:
Formerly located Clarendon & Back Streets at entrance to Promenade along Charles River Embankment, Boston, Massachusetts until ca. 1949.
Formerly located Charles River Esplanade, between Lotta Fountain & Oliver Wendell Holmes Memorial, Boston, Massachusetts ca. 1949-ca. 1952.
Remarks:
The Edwin Upton Curtis Memorial was originally located at the intersection of Clarendon and Back Streets at the entrance to the Promenade along the Charles River Embankment. Due to the construction of Storrow Drive, the memorial was relocated ca. 1949 to a temporary location on the Charles River Esplanade between the Lotta Fountain and the Oliver Wendell Holmes Memorial. In 1952, Shurcliff and Shurcliff, Landscape Architects, and Ames, Child and Graves, Architects designed the current installation site. IAS files contain excerpts from a 1999 Assessment Report prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts titled "Restoration of Historic Landings Charles River Esplanade" by Mills Whitaker Architects LLC that document the relocation of the memorial.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Inventory Staff, 2011.
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 MA000208
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000208
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