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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
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
75004287
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