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    		• Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,
     
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    		• McKim, Mead & White,
     
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    		• Norcross Brothers,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri
     
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    Eagle, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907, sculptor. (studio of)
    Saint-Gaudens, Louis, 1854-1913, sculptor.
    Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.
    McKim, Mead & White, architectural firm.
    Norcross Brothers, contractor.
    Title: 
    Eagle, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Eagle on the New York Life Building, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1888. Cast 1891.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. W. 12 ft.; Base: approx. D. 3 ft. 3 in. (2 tons)
    Inscription: 
    unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    An eagle and her two eaglets in their nest. The eagle's wings are spread as though she has just landed. She grips a snake in her talons, who was presumedly about to consume the eaglets. The theme of protection in this sculpture represented the business of its owner, the New York Life Insurance Company, and served as its insignia.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
    Allegory -- Other -- Vigilance
    Object Type: 
    Architectural component
    Logo
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by HFG Inc., Baltimore at 9th Ltd., 4742 North 24th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85106
    Located 20 West 9th Street, Kansas City, Missouri
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned in 1888 by the New York Life Insurance Company who owned the building at that time. While there is agreement that the eagle is from the studio of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, there is disagreement as to whether he himself created the piece, or if it was sculpted by his brother Louis. The building is a Kansas City landmark. IAS files include an excerpt from "There is No Limit;" articles from the Kansas City Star, Feb. 18, 1934 and Oct. 23, 1983; a Kansas City Map of Landmarks from the Kansas City Landmarks Commission,and an excerpt from the book, "Kansas City: a Place in Time," (Kansas City, MO: Landmarks Commission of Kansas City, Missouri, 1977, pg. 21).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
    Mitchell, Giles, Carroll, "There is No Limit : Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City," (Kansas City, MO:) Brown-White Company, 1934, pg. 11-27.
    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 MO000191
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