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Hitt Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Fraser, Laura Gardin, 1889-1966, sculptor. Title:  Hitt Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1931. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze plaques on pink granite base. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 62 x 134 x 28 in. Center plaque: approx. 38 x 15 in.; Left plaque: approx. 25 x 15 in.; Right plaque: approx. 25 x 15 in. Inscription:  (Lower left of bronze plaques, incised:) Laura Gardin Fraser 1931. (Front of pink granite monument in bronze letters:) OUT WITH THE EBB TIDE/ON SOME FARTHER QUEST/HITT signed Description:  Memorial to Robert Stockwell Hitt consisting of three rectangular bronze relief plaques placed side by side on a rectangular pink granite wall. The center plaque depicts a nude Adam and Eve seated below a large tree with low-hanging branches. They sit back to back against the tree trunk and each extends an arm outward. The plaque on the left depicts three seated nude male figures and one kneeling nude female figure. All four figures look upward. The plaque on the right depicts three seated nude male figures surrounding a nude female holding an infant. Subject:  Homage -- Hitt, Robert Stockwell Reynolds Religion -- Old Testament -- Adam & Eve Figure group -- Female & Child -- Nude Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Rock Creek Cemetery, Rock Creek Church Road, N.W., Section A, Washington, District of Columbia 20011 Remarks:  Robert Stockwell Reynolds Hitt (1876-1938) was the son of a U.S. congressman from Illinois, Robert R. Hitt. Robert Stockwell Hitt was in the Foreign Service and served as a minister to Panama and Guatemala. Goode's publication notes that the piece was executed in 1938. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 351. Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993. Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969. Illustration:  Image on file. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, I-26. 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 77002775   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77002775 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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