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Grau, Sharon,
Grau, Frank E.,
Meierjohn-Wengler,
Portrait male -- Noblitt, Quintin G.
Occupation -- Monetary
Occupation -- Science
Occupation -- Science
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Columbus
Sculpture
Q. G. Noblitt, (sculpture).
Artist:
Grau, Sharon, sculptor.
Grau, Frank E., sculptor.
Meierjohn-Wengler, founder.
Title:
Q. G. Noblitt, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1974.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Foundation: cement and stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: overall approx. 8 ft. x 14 in. x 9 in.; Head: approx. 12 x 8 x 9 in.; Foundation: approx. 1 x 31 x 31 in.
Inscription:
DESIGNED BY SHARON GRAU, ARCHITECT/FRANK E. GRAU, ARCHITECT (Just below head:) Here where paths cross, this memorial/is dedicated to Quintin G. Noblitt,/a man of vision. Born October 11, 1882/of modest heritage, he was a leading/and respected citizen of his state at his death July 3, 1954. Humility/and generosity were lifetime qualities/of this man./An early conservationist and ecologist,/he reclaimed thousands of acres of barren soil by creating lakes where/nature had not provided ample/reservoirs. He made his beloved/Bartholomew County more productive,/more scenic and more enjoyable/through developing its recreation possibilities./He and his wife, Grace Taylor Noblitt,/gave these 70 wooded acres and the/old farmhouse to the Columbus/Foundation For Youth in 1935. Since/that time these rolling hills and the/lake below have echoed with laughter/and songs of hundreds of boys and/girls. Here they have lived, if even/for a brief interlude, close to nature,/discovering their physical and mental/capabilities and experiencing a/spiritual awareness of the world/around them. signed
Description:
Rectangular, three-sided, box-shaped sculpture open in the front, with the head of Quintin G. Noblitt mounted inside near the top. Sides are partially cut out near the head. Sculpture is mounted upon a foundation of cement imbedded with smooth, oval-shaped stones. Cement and stone paths approach the sculpture on three sides.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Noblitt, Quintin G. -- Head
Occupation -- Monetary -- Philanthropist
Occupation -- Science -- Conservationist
Occupation -- Science -- Ecologist
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Columbus
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Foundation for Youth, 400 North Cherry, Columbus, Indiana 47201
Located Columbus Youth Camp, 12454 Youth Camp Road, Columbus, Indiana
Remarks:
Quintin G. Noblitt (1882-1954) was a noted conservationist and ecologist who donated the site of the Columbus Youth Camp to the Columbus Foundation for Youth in 1935, including seventy acres and a farmhouse. Sculpture was commissioned by Lowell Engle King of Columbus, Indiana.
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 IN000657
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