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Sculptor:
White, Fritz 1930-2010  Search this
Founder:
Loveland Sculpture Works  Search this
Contractor:
G. L. Hoff Construction  Search this
Medium:
Figures: bronze; Torch: laminated sheet plexiglas with halogen bulb; Base: sandstone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Exedra
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Loveland Visual Arts Commission 5th & Lincoln Streets Loveland Colorado 80537
Located South Shore Scenic Park Loveland Lake, south shore Loveland Colorado
Date:
1991
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On plaque on base, west side:) GENERATIONS/SCULPTOR/FRITZ WHITE/COMMISSIONED BY/THE KEN AND HELEN ERION FAMILY/LYNN AND ARNOLD EHLERS/JAN AND RICHARD PIERCE/DOUG AND LYNNE ERION/CHRIS AND TERRY KLEIN/DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/JOHN AND MARY JOHNSON/OSCAR AND MAMIE ERION/FOUNDRY/LOVELAND SCULPTURE WORKS (On scroll:) "Invictus/I am the master of my fate:/I am the captain of/my soul./William Ernest Henley" unsigned
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.
Summary:
Sculpture consists of three groupings of figures installed on a four-tiered planter. The center figures are a nude male and female. The female is held aloft by the male and holds an upraised torch in her proper right hand. A bronze ribbon loosely encircles the figures. To the left sits a woman in Classical dress supporting a nude child, who looks up at the central grouping. The child is positioned similarly, with his proper right hand upraised. To the right sits a scribe or historian (an old man with a long beard and heavy cloak). He holds an unfurled scroll on his lap, on which he writes with a quill pen held in his proper left hand. He sits in a block-style chair with carved animal arm supports. The old man represents the past, the central couple the present, and the mother and child the future. The planters are on the south, west and north sides and there is a bench at each corner.
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Allegory--Life--Family  Search this
Allegory--Time--Past  Search this
Allegory--Time--Present  Search this
Allegory--Time--Future  Search this
Literature--Henley  Search this
Control number:
IAS CO000557
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_334091