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Sculptor:
Hunt, Richard 1935-2023  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Chicago Park District Preservation Planning Division 425 East McFetridge Drive Chicago Illinois 60605
Located Jonquil Park Intersection of West Wrightwood, Sheffield, and Lincoln avenues Chicago Illinois
Date:
Installed 1989
Notes:
Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
Inventory Staff, 2011.
(On bronze plaque on center column:) Eagle Columns / 1989 / (list of major donors and contributors) / Richard Hunt / Sculptor (On bronze plaque on center column:) The Eagle That Is Forgotten / by Vachel Lindsay (text of poem honoring John Peter Altgeld, Governor of Illinois, 1893-1897)
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:
Three abstract bronze eagle sculptures each atop a bronze column atop a square granite base.
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Animal--Bird--Eagle  Search this
Control number:
IAS 74960048
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_360055