Figure and sundial: bronze; Pedestals and bench: granite
Type:
Sculptures-Sundial
Sculptures-Bench
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City and County of Denver Department of Parks & Recreation 2300 15th Street, Suite 150 Denver Colorado 80202
Located City Park West of pavilion, in rose garden Denver Colorado
Date:
Installed 1925
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
City and County of Denver, 1987.
City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 1996.
Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
Image on file.
Rocky Mountain News, April 23, 1965, pg. 28.
(On bronze plaque on pedestal:) A GIFT TO DENVER/BY/S. T. SOPRIS/IN MEMORY OF/ELIZABETH ALLEN SOPRIS/A PIONEER OF 1860/ERECTED A.D. 1925
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Summary:
Bronze figure of a child, standing over a sundial. The figure's body is slightly bent forward at the waist. His arms are stretched forward at a 30 degree angle from his body. He is looking down towards his hands, which may have held something that is now missing. Both the figure and the sundial are set on a bronze plinth, which in turn rests on a granite pedestal. The granite pedestal is at the center of a long granite bench. The bench terminates at each end with a pedestal. The two end pedestals each have a bronze bracket on top; these brackets once held bronze drinking fountains which are now missing. The memorial originally included a pool as well, but the pool has been filled in.
