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Weiner, Egon,
Disaster -- Fire
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
Sculpture
Pillar of Fire, (sculpture).
Artist:
Weiner, Egon, 1906-1989, sculptor.
Title:
Pillar of Fire, (sculpture).
Dates:
1961. Dedicated 1961.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: Square stone with circular granite inlay.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 30 ft. x 4 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 4 in. x 8 ft. x 8 ft.
Inscription:
EGON WEINER/CHICAGO 1961 (Inscribed, around edge of circular granite inlay portion of base:) Here began the Chicago Fire signed
Description:
Three intertwined flames.
Subject:
Disaster -- Fire
History -- United States -- Illinois
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
Sculpture
Owner:
Chicago Fire Academy, 558 West DeKoven Street at South Jefferson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Remarks:
The sculpture was designed for this site, the origin of the Chicago Fire. Inscription on a nearby marker reads: Chicago Landmark/Site of the Origin of/the Chicago Fire of 1871/The great Chicago Fire began October 8, 1871, in the/O'Leary barn on Dekoven Street. Fanned by a strong wind in a city largely built of wood/structures, the/blaze raged for nearly 30 hours. Flames spread as/far north as Fullerton Avenue before finally dying/out in the early morning rain, Tuesday, October 10./Almost everything in the path of the fire had been destroyed./Designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 197 (inscription illegible)/by the City Council of Chicago./Richard J. Daley, Mayor/Commissioner of Chicago/Historical and Architectural Landmark
References:
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, 222.
Riedy, James, "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 182.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 222.
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 87580081
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