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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Cianfarani, Aristide Berto,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     Portrait male -- Church, Bowen R.     Performing Arts -- Music     Dress -- Uniform     Object -- Musical Instrument     Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence     Sculpture

Bowen R. Church, (sculpture). Artist:  Cianfarani, Aristide Berto, 1895-1960, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Bowen R. Church, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Bandmaster, (sculpture) Dates:  1928. Dedicated Aug. 26, 1928. Reinstalled Spring 1993. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 6 in. x 33 in. x 30 in.; Base: approx. Diam. 4 ft. Inscription:  (On base:) BOWEN R. CHURCH unsigned Description:  Standing figure of Bowen Church, wearing a band uniform. He is playing a cornet. Subject:  Portrait male -- Church, Bowen R. -- Full length Performing Arts -- Music -- Cornet Dress -- Uniform -- Band Uniform Object -- Musical Instrument -- Cornet Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Providence, Parks Department, Roger Williams Park, Dalrymple Boathouse, Providence, Rhode Island 02905 Located Roger Williams Park, Near Dalrymple Boathouse, Providence, Rhode Island Remarks:  Commemorates Bowen R. Church, the park's bandmaster, and a cornet player in the Reeves American Band. The sculpture was funded by William G. James, Church's friend. Originally installed across from the park bandstand. After being vandalized in 1953, it was moved indoors to the park museum where it remained until 1993. A new patina and base were added, and the statue was installed in its present location in Spring 1993. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1995. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, RI0050, 1989. Freeman, Robert & Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence: The Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 66. Marshall, David, "The Jewel of Providence: an illustrated history of Roger Williams Park, 1871-1961," Providence, RI: Providence Parks Department, 1987, pg. 82. Illustration:  Image on file. Freeman, Robert & Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence: The Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 66. 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 RI000053   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture RI000053 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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