Unconditional Surrender - Sarasota, Florida, USA.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
N 27° 20.113 W 082° 32.811
17R E 346975 N 3024513
Giant sculpture featuring a 25 feet tall American Sailor, kissing a Nurse. This impressive Aluminium sculpture located at the Bayfront in Sarasota, Florida.
Waymark Code: WMMXP7
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 8

Located along the Sarasota Bayfront, parking lot, near a busy dual carriageway, is the Unconditional Surrender Sculpture. An iconic scene from newspaper headlines following World War II, the 25 feet tall Sailor kissing his beloved. Be sure to snap a shot of you and your loved one recreating the scene while the original couple does the same behind you.

"This twenty five foot tall painted aluminum statue by artist Seward Johnson, 2005 has an interesting and controversial history. If the memorial of this young sailor and nurse looks familiar to you then you have probably seen the famous picture taken in Aug 14, 1945 at Times Square, NYC. when WWII ended. Seward Johnson states "I did not use the Eisenstaedt photo to do this piece,” Time Life which owns the copyright says otherwise but was willing to sell for a fee, the image use. There are actually two famous images of this scene! One taken by Eisenstaedt and another taken by Victor Jorgensen both capture the same moment in history at different angles. Jorgensen's image is now in the National Archives. This is the one Johnson says he was inspired by." Text Source: (visit link)
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unconditional Surrender

Figure Type: Human

Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Seward Johnson

Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2005

Materials used: Cast Aluminium

Location: Parking area for Bayfront Park.

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