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United Singers Victory Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  United Singers Victory Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  June 1915. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze with copper patina, and granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 68 x 36 x 36 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 18 x 48 x 48 in. (150 lbs.). Inscription:  (Under portrait roundel in upper left corner of relief plaque, incised lettering:) EDUARD KREMSER (Lower left corner of relief plaque, incised lettering:) FIRST PRIZE/FOR THE CITY FEDERATIONS OF SECOND CLASS/WON BY UNITED SINGERS OF ELIZABETH, N.J./AT 24TH NATIONAL SAENGERTEST,/BROOKLYN.N.Y., MAY 29, JUNE 2ND 1915. unsigned Description:  The monument consists of a rectangular, bronze relief plaque placed on the front center of a roughly textured granite slab. In the upper left of the plaque is a roundel relief portrait bust of Austrian composer Eduard Kremser, depicted with moustache and beard. On the right of the plaque stands the Goddess of Victory barefoot, holding a laurel victory wreath in her proper right hand, her proper left hand holding the hem of her gown. On the bottom left corner of the plaque is a scene with a man in profile seated on a log in a forest. His proper right hand is raised as if conducting and before him stands an elf. The sculpture is mounted upon a short, rectangular base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Kremser, Eduard -- Bust Ethnic -- Austrian Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer Performing Arts -- Music -- Conductor Figure male -- Full length Allegory -- Other -- Triumph Mythology -- Classical -- Goddess Fantasy -- Elf Landscape -- Forest Object -- Other -- Wreath Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Elizabeth Relief Award Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Elizabeth, Department of Recreation, Parks Division, City Hall, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207 Located Winfield Scott Park, Dickinson Street & East Jersey Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey Remarks:  The relief plaque was given as the First Prize trophy in a singing competition for "City Federations of Second Class" won by the United Singers of Elizabeth, New Jersey, at the 24th National Saengerfest in Brooklyn, New York, May 29-June 2, 1915. Eduard Kremser was a celebrated Austrian composer and conductor of the Wiener Maennergesangverein in Vienna. IAS files contain the following newspaper articles from The Daily Journal (Elizabeth, NJ): June 3, 1915, pg. 1, 16; June 26, 1915, pg. 16; and July 29, 1915, pg. 5. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995. 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 NJ000405   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NJ000405 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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