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Designer:
LeLand, Ernest S.  Search this
Sculptor:
Cenci, Terzo 1890-1956  Search this
Founder:
Gorham Manufacturing Company  Search this
Design firm:
Presbrey-Leland Company  Search this
Contractor:
McDonnell and Sons  Search this
Medium:
Relief plaque: metal; Stele: stone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Stele
Sculptures-Exedra
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Wisner Park Main Street Elmira New York
Date:
Dedicated May 30, 1924
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY), March 25, 1924, pg. 5.
Daily News (New York, NY), March 21, 1924, pg. 49.
Image on file.
THE GORHAM CO, NEW YORK & PROVIDENCE (Lower proper right:) TCENCI (On plaque above relief plaque:) 1914-1918/"WHAT MEAN THESE STONES?"/IN HONOR OF THE HEROES OF CHEMUNG COUNTY WHO/SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR AND IN MEMORY OF/THESE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES. (On relief plaque, below the reliefs: three columns with 40 names each) unsigned Founder's mark appears.
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:
Relief plaque mounted on a stele in the center of an exedra. Relief depicts a seated soldier flanked by a sailor seated beside an anchor and a soldier kneeling beside a canon, a rifle held in his proper right hand. Behind the miliary figures there is an angel with wings spread, a branch held in one hand and a sword held in the other hand.
Topic:
History--United States--World War I  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
Religion--Angel  Search this
Object--Weapon--Gun  Search this
Object--Weapon--Cannon  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Detail  Search this
Control number:
IAS NY000269
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_323635