Central Arkansas Library System Directors Office 100 South Rock Street Little Rock Arkansas 72201
Date:
1965. Dedicated Oct. 29, 1967
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR), Oct. 30, 1967,
(On proper left side of mountain:) E. Frudakis 65 Scl/Icarus/Daedalus/Modern Art Foundry/New York/N.Y. signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Full-length bronze figures of Icarus and Daedalus. Both figures are winged. Icarus is above Daedalus, his proper right arm and wings are extended skyward. His head is thrown back and his back is arched. Daedalus is below, his wings are extended and parallel with the ground. He reaches up towards Icarus with his proper right hand. His hip rests on the peak of a mountain which is surrounded by clouds. The sculpture rests on a granite base which is situated in the middle of a concrete and stone masonry fountain basin.
