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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Asbjornsen, Sigvald,     American Bronze Company,     Portrait male -- Ericson, Leif     Occupation -- Other     Dress -- Accessory     Ethnic -- Norwegian     Dress -- Historic     Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago     Sculpture

Leif Erikson, (sculpture). Artist:  Asbjornsen, Sigvald, 1867-1954, sculptor. American Bronze Company, founder. Title:  Leif Erikson, (sculpture). Dates:  1901. Dedicated Oct. 12, 1901. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: granite boulder on a low concrete step. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 9 x 4 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. H. 6 ft. x Diam. 12 ft. x Circum. 30 ft. Inscription:  (On base:) LEIF ERIKSON/DISCOVERER/OF AMERICA signed Description:  Leif Erikson standing dressed in Viking attire holds a shield in his proper left hand and rests his proper right hand at his waist on his belt. He has a beard and a moustache. The figure is placed on a rough boulder-shaped granite base which rests on a low circular concrete base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Ericson, Leif -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Explorer Dress -- Accessory -- Shield Ethnic -- Norwegian Dress -- Historic -- Medieval Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Humboldt Park, Humboldt Boulevard south of roadway to Field House, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Chicago's Norwegians donated the monument. The cost was approximately $10,000. There was originally a sword and sheath on the figure's proper left hip. Original placement was just west of current site on recreation building road. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Photographic Archives contain black and white photographs of the sculpture before and after placement on the granite base. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Preservation Files contain miscellaneous letters including proposals to move the monument, information concerning the proper spelling of Erikson's name, and conservation treatment reports with slide documentation. IAS files contain two images of the sculpture, one from the Chicago Tribune, ca. 1940, each with a different version of the sword and sheath. References:  Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 26-29. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 200-201. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 321. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0064, 1989. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Heitmann, Helen M., 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 321. 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 75004287   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004287 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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