Soaring - Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

In front of outdoor mausoleum toward the back of the cemetery.

Inscription: (On base:) Lord, by your Cross and Resurrection You Have Set Us Free.

On the sculptor's website: (visit link)
he lists Richard Cummings as the architect. Additionally at (visit link) he says that the sculpture is 62' high by 15' wide by 2' deep. He continues that initially the cross design was not well received, but eventually the local Cardinal Cody proclaimed that the butterfly was a ancient Christian form representing the Resurrection. And so his vision was allowed to soar.

TITLE: Soaring ARTIST(S): Schultz, Saunders, 1927- , sculptor. DATE: 1980 MEDIUM: not given but I would say aluminum CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 71500664 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Queen of Heaven Cemetery 1400 S. Wolf Rd. Hillside, IL DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Smithsonian says the location is Chicago, but this should read Hillside.

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