Rhodes College 2000 North Parkway Rollow Avenue of Oaks Memphis Tennessee 38112
Date:
1983.; Dedicated Oct. 8, 1983
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
Image on file.
Rust 1983 (Front, upper base:) CHARLES EDWARD DIEHL (Front, lower base:) IT WAS OUR PURPOSE TO LAUNCH HERE AN INSTITUTION WHICH WOULD ENDURE FOR CENTURIES AND WHICH WOULD COMMAND THE RESPECT AND QUICKEN THE PRIDE OF SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Standing male figure of former Rhodes College president Charles E. Diehl, wearing long academic robes and glasses. The figure stands with feet together, hands at sides. The figure holds a mortar board in his proper right hand, and his robes are blown slightly to the left. The metal was cast and finished to show a bumpy, sculpted texture.
