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Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic
Dress -- Historic
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Other
Object -- Written Matter
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Independence
Sculpture
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
Title:
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Feb. 17, 1952. Rededicated Feb. 9, 1984.
Medium:
Figure: copper with orange patina; Base: brick.
Dimensions:
Statue: approx. H. 7 ft. 5 in.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft.; Planter: approx. H. 3 ft.
Inscription:
(On tablet of statue, raised:) JULY/IV/MDCCLXXVI unsigned
Description:
A female figure, representing Liberty, stands wearing a long flowing robe and a spiked crown. Her proper right hand is upraised and holds a torch, and her proper left hand cradles an inscribed tablet. Statue is mounted upon a base and set within a star-shaped planter.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object -- Other -- Torch
Object -- Written Matter
Object Type:
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Independence
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Independence, Police Reserve Unit, Independence, Kansas
Located Penn & Locust, Independence, Kansas
Remarks:
Granite gray tombstone reads: Dedicated/Feb. 17, 1952/By/Boy Scouts of America/Frank Hand/Jerry Bennett/Larry Stewart/Gerald Burris/Rededication By President Gerald R. Ford/in memory/Gary W. Moaffatt/coordinator/Independence Police/Reserve Unit/Asst coordinator Roger Powell/Alvin Smith/Brad Hendrick/Independence Police Reserve Unit/John Bennett, Gary Anderson,/Brad Hendrick.
This may be one of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645) placed around the country as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of America (on file in IAS), the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scouts office.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1996.
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 KS000323
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
KS000323
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