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Bitter, Karl,
Weinman, Adolph A.,
Roman Bronze Works,
History -- United States
History -- United States
Portrait male -- Monroe, James
Portrait male -- Livingston, Robert
Portrait male -- Marbois
History -- France
Fountain
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Jefferson City
Sculpture
The Signing of the Treaty, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bitter, Karl, 1867-1915, sculptor.
Weinman, Adolph A., 1870-1952, sculptor.
Roman Bronze Works, founder.
Title:
The Signing of the Treaty, (sculpture).
Dates:
Original 1904. Installed before 1929.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. x 9 ft. x 2 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 5 in. x 9 ft.; Back approx. 21 x 17 x 1 ft.
Inscription:
Karl Bitter.SC. Cast by Roman Bronze Works N.Y. (On front of sculpture:) MONROE LIVINGSTON/MARBOIS/1803 (Center base of sculpture:) Signing of the Treaty signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A relief sculpture of three figures depicted in the act of signing of the treaty by which the
United
States
acquired the
Louisiana
Purchase. The seated figure in the foreground is James Monroe. Standing behind him is Robert Livingston, U. S. Ambassador to France. Marbois, Napoleon's treasurer, is leaning over the table signing the treaty.
Subject:
History
--
United
States
--
Missouri
History
--
United
States
--
Westward Expansion
Portrait male
--
Monroe, James
--
Full length
Portrait male
--
Livingston, Robert
--
Full length
Portrait male
--
Marbois
--
Full length
History
--
France
--
Napoleon
Object Type:
Fountain
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Missouri
--
Jefferson City
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of Missouri, Office of Administration, Division of Facilities Management, 301 West High Street, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
Located Missouri State Capitol, Grounds, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
Exhibitions:
Louisiana
Purchase International Exhibition, St. Louis, 1904.
Remarks:
The artist originally designed the sculpture in staff for the
Louisiana
Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. His widow approved transforming it into bronze and bringing it from the St. Louis World's Fair to Jefferson City. The casting of the piece and the granite setting for the relief was overseen by Adolph Alexander Weinman, who also designed The Fountain of Centaurs in front of the relief.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri survey, 1994.
Missouri Capitol Commission Board, "The Missouri State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Missouri Capitol Commission Board, "The Missouri State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed., (Pickard: Report of the Capitol Decoration Commission: pg. 32, 148).
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 27620002
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
27620002
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