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Memory: Marshall Field Monument, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
French, Daniel Chester 1850-1931  Search this
Architect:
Bacon, Henry 1866-1924  Search this
Founder:
Jno. Williams, Inc.  Search this
Contractor:
Charles G. Blake Company  Search this
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Pool: Maine seashell granite; Pedestal: Waushara granite
Type:
Sculptures-Gravestone
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Graceland Cemetery 4001 North Clark Street Chicago Illinois 60613
Date:
Ca. 1910
Notes:
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 355
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL5004, 1989.
Monumental News, June 1910; April 1920.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.
Summary:
Female figure seated on a granite cube-like chair. One arm of the chair has a vertical relief panel of a male figure representing Equity and the other arm has a similar male figure of Integrity. The figure rests her proper left elbow on the arm of the chair, head resting on her hand. Her proper right arm stretches across the chair.
Topic:
Figure female  Search this
Allegory--Other--Memory  Search this
Figure male--Nude  Search this
Allegory--Quality--Justice  Search this
Allegory--Quality--Virtue  Search this
Homage--Field, Marshall  Search this
Control number:
IAS 87580156
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_296286