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Portrait female -- Barnes, Della
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Paducah
Gravestone
Sculpture
(Della Barnes Monument), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Della Barnes Monument), (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed ca. 1897-1898.
Medium:
Sculpture: white Italian marble; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 45 x 18 x 18 in.; Base: approx. 13 x 30 x 30 in.
Inscription:
(Top front of base, incised lettering:) DELLA BARNES/1874-1897 unsigned
Description:
The remains of a full-length portrait of Della Barnes seen standing. She wears Victorian dress, including a puff-sleeved blouse, of which only the pleaded skirt remains, draped on the proper left. Figure once had pulled back hair and had her proper right hand raised to her chest. Her proper left hand, most of which is missing, holds her skirt at the side, raising it. The toe of her proper right shoe protrudes from beneath the hem. The sculpture is mounted upon a square base.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Barnes, Della -- Full length
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Paducah
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Oak Grove Cemetery, 1613 Park Avenue, Paducah, Kentucky
Remarks:
Sculpture marks the grave of Della Barnes (1874-1897), who died as a result of morphine poisoning. The sculpture has been the object of vandalism many times. IAS files contain following related articles: the Democrat (Paducah, KY), Oct. 9. 1967 (with photo of figure intact); and the Sun-Democrat (Paducah, KY), Jan. 25, 1968, pg. 2 (with photo of face of figure). IAS files also contain a related excerpt from Camille Wells' "Architecture of Paducah and McCracken County," pg. 154-156.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Democrat (Paducah, KY), Oct. 9, 1967.
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 KY000254
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