William Beatty, (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes: Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio survey, 1994.; Smith, Richard P., Mrs., 2012.; Image on file.; (Lower right:) ERWIN F. FREY 1924 (Lower left:) GORHAM Co. FOUNDERS (On front of base:) TRIBVTE OF OHIO PYTHIANS/TO/WILLIAM BEATTY/1851 1923./THIRTY ONE YEARS/GRAND KEEPER/OF RECORDS AND SEAL./P.P. LXI. 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: A full-length portrait of William Beatty, a former official of the Ohio Pythians. He is standing, dressed in a black three-piece suit with a maroon shirt and a white bow tie. A large equilateral triangle subdivided into four smaller equilateral triangles overlaps the inscription on the base.