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Occupation -- Labor
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
Stele
Sculpture
Labor's Memorial Grove Honored Workers, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Labor's Memorial Grove Honored Workers, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated April 28, 1992.
Medium:
Sculpture: polished black granite; Base: polished black granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. x 8 in.; Base: approx. 10 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 14 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(In round seal at top:) COLUMBUS-FRANKLIN COUNTY/WORKERS/MEMORIAL/HOLIDAY/APRIL 28/AFL-CIO (On front:) LABOR'S MEMORIAL GROVE/HONORED WORKERS/(Twenty-seven names appear in two columns)/LABOR'S MEMORIAL GROVE IS DEDICATED TO/THE LIVES AND IN MEMORY OF OUR/BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY/WHO BECAME VICTIMS OF WORKPLACE/INJURIES AND DISASTERS (Twenty-seven companies, groups and two individuals are listed on the back as Memorial Sponsors) unsigned
Description:
Stele with a curved, pointed top and square bottom lists names of laborers killed or injured in work-related accidents on the front, and names of donors on the back.
Subject:
Abstract
Occupation -- Labor
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
Stele
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, 90 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Located Franklin Park, East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio
Remarks:
The granite for the monument is from India. IAS files include the names of the workers listed on the front of the stele.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1993.
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 OH000377
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000377
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