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Kaufman, Mico,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Service
Figure male -- Child
Dress -- Uniform
Homage -- Rouses, Christos
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Lowell
Sculpture
The Rouses Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kaufman, Mico, 1924-2016, sculptor.
Title:
The Rouses Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Christos G. Rouses Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1979. Dedicated May 22, 1980.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. 11 in. x 1 ft. 11 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 4 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 5 in.
Inscription:
MicoK 1980 (On front base plaque:) CHRISTOS G. ROUSES MEMORIAL/MAY 22, 1979/DEDICATED TO LOWELL POLICE OFFICERS/WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES (On left side of base:) JOHN H. WINN HR. MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE MAY 3, 1971 (On back base plaques:) (left plaque) PATRICK F. LEAVITT/MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/DEC. 18, 1941 (middle plaque) GEORGE F. A. PEARSALL/MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/APRIL 24, 1957 (right plaque) CHRISTOS G. ROUSES/MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/NOV. 17, 1930 signed
Description:
A standing figure of a policeman placing his proper left hand on the shoulder of a small boy standing next to him. The policeman is looking down at the boy and the boy is looking up at him. The police man is dressed in his uniform and stands with his proper right leg extended slightly and his proper right hand resting behind his back. The boy, too, places his proper right hand behind his back. The sculpture rests on a low rectangular base.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Service -- Policeman
Figure male -- Child -- Full length
Dress -- Uniform -- Police Uniform
Homage -- Rouses, Christos
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Lowell
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Lowell Police Department Union, 50 Arcano Drive, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
Located John F. Kennedy Civic Center, 50 Arcano Drive, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
Remarks:
After policeman Christos Rouses was killed in a drug raid, his comrades on the Lowell Police Force raised funds to erect a memorial for him. Their initial concept was simply a statue of a police officer. The artist, Mico Kaufman, suggested expanding the concept to include the figure of the child. He is quoted as saying "A cop is a cop, but if you put a child next to him he becomes a policeman."
References:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.
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 87740223
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