Figures: bronze with green patina; Exedra: granite or marble; Stage: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Exedra
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Sand Springs Home 2nd & Main Sand Springs Oklahoma 74063
Located Page Memorial Park Main at Broadway Sand Springs Oklahoma
Date:
Dedicated Nov. 20, 1930
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.
Image on file.
Tulsa Tribune, Nov. 16, 1930, Sect. B, pg. 1.
(Incised in front, below central figure:) CHARLES PAGE (On plaque below incised inscription:) INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE/OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN/YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME (On plaque in front of stage:) CHARLES PAGE/JUNE 2, 1860-DEC. 27, 1926/INDEPENDENT OIL PRODUCER AND INDUSTRIALIST WHO/CARVED A CITY OUT OF A WILDERNESS AND ESTABLISHED/INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL FIRMS FOR THE SOLE/PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING THE SAND SPRINGS HOME./HIS MOTTO: THINK RIGHT! unsigned
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Summary:
Four full-length figures are installed on a large exedra. Charles Page stands on the central elevated pedestal. He stands in front of a wide Doric column, wearing a suit with vest and tie. He holds a Bible to his chest in his proper right hand. His proper left hand is on his hip. A woman holding a baby stands on the steps to the left. She wears a plain dress and a large coat over her shoulders. A little boy and girl stand to the right. The boy stands on the exedra's seat proffering flowers held in his proper left hand. His proper right arm is around the shoulder of an older girl holding flowers to her chest. The whole piece is set onto a large performing stage.
