Sculptor:

Cashwan, Samuel Adolph 1900-  Search this

Architect:

O'Dell, Frederick b. 1891  Search this

Contractor:

Miodeck, J. M.  Search this

Vermont Marble Company  Search this

Subject:

Brady, James J  Search this

Medium:

Sculpture: bronze; Pedestal: granite or Vermont grey marble

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by City of Detroit Parks and Recreation Department 735 Randolph Detroit Michigan 48226

Located Belle Isle Central & Inselruhe Avenues Detroit Michigan

Date:

Dedicated June 23, 1928

Notes:

Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 75.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MI5018, 1989.

Monumental News, June 1929, pg. 315.

Detroit Historical Museum, City of Detroit Monuments, 2004.

Summary:

A portrait of James J. Brady shielding a barefoot girl under is overcoat, a paper held in his left hand and a satchel over his shoulder. The figures stand on a rectangular granite base in front of a central stele.

Topic:

Occupation--Vendor--Newspaper Boy  Search this

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Figure female--Child--Full length  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Paper  Search this

Occupation--Monetary--Philanthropist  Search this

Control number:

IAS 87840017

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_298877