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Behl, Wolfgang,
History -- United States
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Object -- Musical Instrument
Animal -- Bird
Allegory -- Civic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Bloomfield
Sculpture
The Drummer Boy, (sculpture).
Artist:
Behl, Wolfgang, 1918-1994, sculptor.
Title:
The Drummer Boy, (sculpture).
Dates:
1976. Dedicated July 5, 1976.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: fieldstone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 4 in.
Inscription:
(On plaque on base:) THE BROWN DRUM/MADE IN BLOOMFIELD AND CARRIED/IN THE REVOLUTION SYMBOLIZES/THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM, JUSTICE/AND EQUALITY WHICH CONTINUES TO/BURN BRIGHTLY IN THIS PROUD/
CONNECTICUT
TOWN/JUNE 5, 1976 unsigned
Description:
Standing male figure playing a drum suspended from his shoulders. The figure is dressed in an overcoat and boots and holds a drumstick in each hand. Two geese with outstretched necks stand to the drummer's proper right.
Subject:
History
--
United
States
--
Revolution
History
--
United
States
--
Connecticut
Figure male
--
Full length
Object
--
Musical Instrument
--
Drum
Animal
--
Bird
--
Goose
Allegory
--
Civic
--
Liberty
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Connecticut
--
Bloomfield
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Bloomfield, Parks and Recreation Department, 330 Park Avenue, Bloomfield,
Connecticut
06002
Located Opposite 800 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield,
Connecticut
Remarks:
(On nearby plaque:) THE VILLAGE GREEN/SYMBOLIZING THE BEGINNINGS AND/CENTER OF COMMUNITY LIFE/THE BLOOMFIELD VILLAGE GREEN/HAS EXISTED SINCE THE 1700'S RESTORED BY WINTONBURY PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT/WINTONBURY PARISH 1735/TOWN OF BLOOMFIELD 1835/1963-1973/BLOOMFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY; (On second plaque:) THE DRUMMER/WOLFGANG BEHL. SCULPTOR/FOR THE BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE/JUNE 1976 The Brown Drum factory, a Bloomfield company, manufactured drums, such as the one depicted in this sculpture, that were used in the Revolutionary War.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Connecticut
survey, 1993.
"From Wintonbury to Bloomfield," Bloomfield, CT: Wintonbury Historical Society, 1983, pg. 217.
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 CT000046
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CT000046
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