The Signer - Philadelphia, PA
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A large commemorative sculpture to those who signed the Declaration and Constitution.
Waymark Code: WMTRW2
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/04/2017
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The plaque says, "Certain rare moments charge the course of history. Yet within a mere eleven years two such moments, the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the signing of the Constitution of the United States, occurred in Independence Hall, just a few steps from where you are standing. The sculpture you see before you commemorated the courage of those who altered their lives, and ours, by affixing their names to these documents."
Taken from the Smithsonian, "Sculpture, front proper right, lower edge:) Evangelos Frudakis Sc. (copyright symbol) 1980 (Foundry mark appears on rear, lower left edge followed by:) (copyright symbol)/81 (Base, front:) THE SIGNER (Base, left side:) Evangelos Frudakis 1982 signed Founder's mark appears. Male figure dressed colonial attire consisting of a long jacket, buttoned vest, shirt with ruffled cuffs, knee britches, stocking, and shoes with buckles. His long hair is pulled back and tied at the back of his head. He stands with legs spread, back arched, and head raised and turned to his proper left as he looks up at his raised proper left hand which grips a scroll. In his raised proper right hand, he holds a quill pen. Sculpture rests on a square base on top of a low flat base."
TITLE: The Signer
ARTIST(S): Frudakis, Evangelos
DATE: 1980-1982
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 77001267
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located Norris Court, West of Second Bank of the United States, northeast corner of 5th & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Some corrosion and color issues.
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