Study for Apotheosis of Democracy, (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes: Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.; The Permanent Collection: Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA, 1978, no. 32.; Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.; The Permanent Collection: Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA, 1978, pg. 23.; Image on file.; (On proper right side of bronze base of sculpture:) P.W.B. SKETCH / Founderie Cooperative/Des Artistes/ Paris signed 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: An allegorical female figure dressed in long robes and a breast plate stands with a shield held in her proper left hand and her proper right hand extended protectively over the head of a small winged child seated at her feet. The child holds a torch in its proper right hand and a harp in its proper left hand.

Owner/Location: Westmoreland Museum of Art 221 North Main Street Near entrance to parking lot Greensburg Pennsylvania 15601 Accession Number: 59.27

Topic: Study; Allegory--Civic--Democracy; Allegory--Quality--Prudence; Figure group--Female & Child