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Leicester, Andrew,
Hawkins Construction,
Architecture -- Detail
Architecture -- Detail
Animal -- Reptile
Allegory -- Quality
Allegory -- Quality
Allegory -- Quality
Portrait male
Occupation -- Political
Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Omaha
Sculpture
Castle of Perserverence, (sculpture).
Artist:
Leicester, Andrew, 1948- , sculptor.
Hawkins Construction, fabricator.
Title:
Castle of Perserverence, (sculpture).
Dates:
Sept. 1993. Dedicated Oct. 15, 1993.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Terra cotta, Omaha clinker brick, concrete, Wisconsin limestone, and cedar.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 12 ft. x Diam. 50 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
An amphitheater-sculpture surrounded by a brick wall that encloses approximately 75% of the area. There is a wooden tower at one end of the brick wall. Ceramic figures of Truth, Justice, Peace, and Mercy are attached to the wall, and a two-headed
snake
runs along the top of the wall. In one mouth of the
snake
is a human head; in the other mouth, a skull. Faces of five U.S. Presidents peer out from the interior walls.
Subject:
Architecture
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Detail
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Wall
Architecture
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Detail
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Tower
Animal
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Reptile
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Snake
Allegory
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Quality
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Truth
Allegory
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Quality
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Justice
Allegory
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Quality
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Harmony
Portrait male
Occupation
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Political
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President
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
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Nebraska
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Omaha
Sculpture
Owner:
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Art Department, 60th and Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68182
Remarks:
Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $25,000 given in 1991 to the University of Nebraska. Additional funding was provided by the State's One Percent for Art Program. The work was commissioned for $105,000. The form, title, and many elements of the work are derived from a Medieval mystery play, whose purpose was to use the power of the arts to purify the human spirit. The overall design of the amphitheater reflects the structure of the Fine Arts Building. IAS files contain related press release, and articles from Gateway (University of Nebraska at Omaha) vol 92, issue 65, July 16, 1993; and Omaha World-Herald (NE), Sept. 20, 1992, pg. 14.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1993.
Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
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 NE000007
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NE000007
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