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The New York Eagle, (sculpture). Artist:  Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907, sculptor. Saint-Gaudens, Louis, 1854-1913, sculptor. Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder. Title:  The New York Eagle, (sculpture). Dates:  1890. Relocated 1971. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 x 10 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 7 ft. x Diam. 3 ft. 6 in.(1,500 lbs.). Inscription:  (Brief history of the sculpture appears on the plaque on the base) unsigned Description:  A mother eagle with wings spread is perched on a rocky ledge over a nest of eaglets. In its talons the mother eagle holds a hissing snake. The sculpture is installed atop a cylindrical concrete base. Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Public Art Saint Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota Provenance:  Formerly located New York Life Insurance, Minnesota & East 6th Streets, St. Paul, Minnesota 1891-1967. Formerly administered by City of St. Paul, Department of Park & Recreation, 300 City Hall Annex, 25 West 4th Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 Formerly located Pioneer-Endicott Building, Jackson & 4th Streets, St. Paul, Minnesota Remarks:  Architect Stanford White commissioned Augustus Saint Gaudens to create a series of bronze eagles to crown the entrances of the three New York Life Insurance buildings going up in Kansas City, Omaha, and St. Paul. It is believed that Augustus Saint-Gaudens sketched the design for the eagle sculpture and that Louis Saint-Gaudens modeled it in marble. The eagle sculpture remained at the entrance to the New York Life Insurance building in St. Paul until 1967, when the New York Life Insurance building was razed. The eagle was preserved from demolition, and was purchased William Davidson. The sculpture was installed outside the Pioneer Building in 1971 by the Ramsey County Historical Society. The building and sculpture were owned by a series of national development consortiums until 1999, when Public Art Saint Paul (PASP) secured title to the work from the Dynex Corporation. IAS files contain a copy of Oct 29, 2001 press release from Public Art Saint Paul announcing funding gifts from Saint Paul Pioneer Press and New York Life Foundation and plans to restore the eagle and re-site it on the edge of the bluffs at Summitt Overlook Park, on the corner of Summit Avenue and Ramsey Street in Sept. 2002. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1995. Inventory staff, 2000. Public Art Saint Paul, 2001. Illustration:  Image on file. Harris, Moira F., "Monumental Minnesota: a guide to outdoor sculpture," [St. Paul]: Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 3. 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 MN000132   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000132 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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