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Sculptor:
Ottavi, Phillip  Search this
Fabricator:
Daprato Statuary Company  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: concrete; Base: geodes
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Grotto
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Providence Home 520 West 9th Jasper Indiana 47546
Located 13th & Bartley Jasper Indiana
Date:
1950s
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(On proper left base:) DAPRATO/STATUARY 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:
Installation of interconnected shrines constructed of geodes and mortar. The site includes a fountain, walls, planter, several small niches and two main shrines. One of the shrines is that of St. Joseph the Educator. A full-length figure of St. Joseph holding the Christ child in his proper left arm stands in a niche perched atop an ornate pedestal. The Lourdes shrine features a full-length figure of Mary inside a grotto. A full-length figure of St. Bernadette stands before Mary. Some of the sidewalks in the installation have architectural remnants embedded in them.
Topic:
Religion--Saint--St. Joseph  Search this
Religion--New Testament--Mary  Search this
Religion--New Testament--Christ  Search this
Religion--Saint--St. Bernadette  Search this
Control number:
IAS IN001096
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_340101