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Brooklyn, (sculpture). Artist:  French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931, sculptor. Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios, carver. Title:  Brooklyn, (sculpture). Dates:  1916. Relocated 1963. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Granite. Dimensions:  Colossal. Description:  A seated woman in a long dress wears a civic crown and holds a Roman book in her proper left hand. At her feet a nude child reads a book. At the right rear is a model of a borough church. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Place -- Brooklyn Object -- Written Matter -- Book Figure -- Child -- Nude Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn Sculpture Owner:  Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Front entrance, Brooklyn, New York 11238 Provenance:  Formerly located Manhattan Bridge, New York, New York 1916-1963. Remarks:  The Inventories image on file was provided by the New York City SOS! survey, but no SOS! questionnaire was submitted. The total cost of this sculpture and its companion, "Manhattan" (IAS 77002699), was $18,000. Companion to: 77002699 References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Richman, Michael, "Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1976, pg. 143-150. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0044, 1989. Monumental News, May 1915, pg. 288. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Bronx Times, July 15, 1999, pg. 6. Illustration:  Image on file. Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 211. Richman, Michael, "Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1976, pg. 143. 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 77002698   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77002698 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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