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    		• Viquesney, E. M.,
     
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    		• Homage -- Visquesney, Cora Barnes
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Passion
     
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    		• Object -- Flower
     
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    		• Religion -- Old Testament
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Spencer
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Unveiling, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Viquesney, E. M., 1876-1946, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Unveiling, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Statuette model dedicated Nov. 1, 1934. Installed May 1935.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: metal, possibly White Bronze, and concrete (?), painted; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 1/2 ft. x 30 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. x 45 in. x 39 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of sculpture's base, incised letters:) THE UNVEILING (Upper front of base, raised letters:) VIQUESNEY unsigned
    Description: 
    A female figure stands, enshrouded in a thin veil which she lifts above her head with her proper right arm. Her proper left arm is exposed to her elbow. A blooming lily stands at her proper left side. The sculpture is made of a metallized burnished silver metal and is mounted upon a two-tiered base.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Visquesney, Cora Barnes
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Passion -- Grief
    Object -- Flower -- Lily
    Religion -- Old Testament -- Isaiah
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Spencer
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Riverside Cemetery Association, 355 Garden Drive, Spencer, Indiana 47460
    Located Riverside Cemetery, Viquesney Plot, Spencer, Indiana
    Remarks: 
    The sculptor was a resident of Spencer, and the sculpture is a memorial to his wife, Cora Barnes Viquesney, who died on Oct. 3, 1933. According to the artist, it was his hope that the sculpture "carry its message of release from sorrow and darkness to all who have suffered the loss of some dear one." The title is inspired by a passage from Isaiah 25:7. The sculpture has been refinished. IAS files contain an article from an unidentified source which contains reprints from two related articles from The Owen Leader, Nov. 1, 1934, and May 23, 1935. The 1934 article discusses the dedication of the model for the sculpture, and the 1935 article discusses the dedication of the sculpture. IAS files also contain an advertisement for copies of the sculpture.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
    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 IN000527
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