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    		• Lawrie, Lee Oskar,
     
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    		• Lawrie, Archer,
     
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    		• Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
     
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    		• Val D'Osne,
     
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    		• A. Durenne,
     
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    		• Giattina & Fischer,
     
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    		• Brice Building Company,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Vestavia Hills
     
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    		• Copy
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Statue of Liberty, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor.
    Lawrie, Archer, sculptor.
    Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
    Val D'Osne, founder.
    A. Durenne, founder.
    Giattina & Fischer, architectural firm.
    Brice Building Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    The Statue of Liberty, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned May 20, 1952. Cast 1958. Relocated 1988. Rededicated July 4, 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with green patina; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 30 x 10 x 10 ft.; Base: approx. 61 x 17 x 17 ft. (10 tons).
    Description: 
    Allegorical female figure, representing Liberty, stands holding a torch aloft in her proper right hand. A book or tablet is crooked in her proper left elbow. The figure wears classical-style robes and a star-like crown. Sculpture stands on a tall, rectangular base.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
    Object -- Other -- Torch
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Vestavia Hills
    Copy
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Liberty Park, Vestavia Hills, Alabama
    Administered by Liberty National Life Insurance Company, 2001 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35233
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Liberty National Life Insurance Building, 3rd & 21st Streets South, Birmingham, Alabama 1958-1988.
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by Frank P. Samford, president of the Liberty National Insurance Company in 1952. The model was sent to France in 1956 and cast in 1958. In Dec. 1988 the statue was moved from the Liberty National building to the parking lot and treated with copper sulfate to match the patina of the original Statue of Liberty. IAS files contain the text of a commemorative plaque, a brochure and a dedication publication from the Company.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
    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 AL000287
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