Administered by City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue, N.E Atlanta Georgia 30308
Located Woodruff Park Atlanta Georgia
Date:
1969. Relocated 1995
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1993.
Inventory staff, 2000, 2001.
Image on file.
(Lower proper left side of sculpture:) F. Vezzoni (Bronze plaque on front of base:) THIS SCULPTURE, SYMBOLIZING/ATLANTA FROM THE ASHES/WAS PRESENTED TO/THE CITY OF ATLANTA/BY/THE RICH FOUNDATION/JANUARY 1969 unsigned Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
The sculpture depicts a female figure being lifted from flames by a phoenix, in reference to the phoenix of Egyptian mythology that was consumed by fire and rose from the ashes, just as Atlanta rose from the ashes and devastation of the Civil War to become an important international city. The female figure has long hair and is seen nude above the waist, looking upward. In her raised arms she holds the legs of the phoenix. The phoenix is gilded. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base.
