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    		• Saint-Gaudens, Augustus,
     
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    		• White, Stanford,
     
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    		• Gruet, Adolphe,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Farragut, David Glasgow
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Animal -- Dolphin
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Exedra
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
     
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    Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907, sculptor.
    White, Stanford, 1853-1906, architect.
    Gruet, Adolphe, caster.
    Title: 
    Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Farragut Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1877-1880. Dedicated May 25, 1881. Relocated 1935. Rededicated Oct. 21, 2002.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base exedra: Coopersberg black granite on a concrete foundation.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 90 x 46 x 31 in. (900 lbs.); Base: approx. 105 1/2 in. 17 ft. 5 in. x 97 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Base of sculpture:) MODELLED BY A.V.G SAINT-GAVDENS/PARIS MDCCCLXXXIX CAST BY ADOLPH GRUET (Front of base:) DAVID GLASGOW/FARRAGVT (Top step of base on bronze crab:) AVGVSTVS SAINT GAVDENS SCVLPTOR/STANFORD WHITE ARCHITECT signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Standing figure of Admiral Farragut on a center pedestal of an exedra. He is dressed in his naval uniform, binolculars held in his left hand and a sword hanging at his left side. The exedra terminates on either side in a carved dolphin. The exedra is covered in a relief depicting waves that symbolize Farragut's devotion to a life on the sea. The waves flow over an unsheathed sword and two seated female figures carved in relief on either side. The female figure on the right is Courage and the one on the left is Loyalty. On the back, along the top, are symbols of fire and the seaman's rope knot.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Farragut, David Glasgow -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Admiral
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Quality -- Faith
    Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude
    Animal -- Dolphin
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Exedra
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
    Located Madison Square Park, 25th Street between Fifth Avenue & Madison Avenue, New York, New York
    Remarks: 
    The bronze sculpture is St. Gauden's first public commission. Stanford White designed the pedestal exedra and St. Gaudens decorated it with stylized reliefs. St. Gaudens' bronze statue of Farragut was originally located on Fifth Avenue near the edge of Madison Square at 26th Street, but was shifted a few feet in 1909 when Fifth Avenue was widened. In 1935 the statue was relocated to the northern edge of Madison Square Park and at that time the original bluestone pedestal and exedra designed by White had eroded so severely that it had to be replaced. (The original bluestone base was moved to Saint-Gaudens N.H.S., Cornish New Hampshire, see IAS record NH000547). Karl Gruppe supervised a WPA team of artists in carving a replica in Coopersberg black granite. IAS files contain complete transcription of the inscriptions that appear on the sides of the exedra. IAS files also contain a copy of the Wall Street Journal, May 14-15, 2011, pg. C13 describing the modeling and casting process in Paris.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941.
    Greenthal, Kathryn, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 17 and pg. 94-95.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 105-106.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    Tolles, Thayer, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens in the Metropolitan Museum of Art," New York: NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009, pg. 15.
    The Wall Street Journal, May 14-15, 2011, pg. C13.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Greenthal, Kathryn, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 17 and pg. 94-95.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 105.
    Tolles, Thayer, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens in the Metropolitan Museum of Art," New York: NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009, pg. 15.
    The Wall Street Journal, May 14-15, 2011, pg. C13.
    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 76003497
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