City-County Building Woodward and Jefferson Avenues Detroit Michigan
Date:
1955-1958. Dedicated 1958
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 42.
Detroit Historical Museum, City of Detroit Monuments, 2004.
Image on file.
Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 43.
(On wall behind figure:) "NOW THE LORD IS THAT SPIRIT/AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE/LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY."/II CORINTHIANS 3:17 unsigned
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Summary:
A large seated male figure representing the universal spirit of man holds a sphere with rays in his proper left hand, representing God, and a family group of three figures in his proper right hand, representing all human relationships.
