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Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1950. Medium:  Sculpture: metal; Base: concrete.. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 10 in. x 1 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. Inscription:  (On plaque on base:) WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF/THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE/POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE/UNITED STATES/THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA/DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE/STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE/OF EVERLASTING FIDELITY/AND LOYALTY/40TH ANNIVERSARY CRUSADE TO/STRENGTHEN THE ARM OF LIBERTY/1950 unsigned Description:  Allegorical female figure, representing Liberty, stands holding a torch aloft in her proper right hand. A book or tablet is crooked in her proper left elbow. The figure wears Classical-style robes and a star-like crown. Sculpture stands on a pedestal which stands on an octagonal base. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Object -- Other -- Torch Object -- Written Matter Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Oklahoma City Copy Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Oklahoma County Commissioners, 320 South Robert Kerr, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 Located Oklahoma County Courthouse, Near corner of Park & Hudson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Remarks:  This is one of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645) placed around the country as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of America (on file in IAS), the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scouts office. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1994. 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 OK000147   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OK000147 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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