Victory - Nashville, Tennessee - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

"A statue of a classical warrior, nude except for sandals, a helmet, and a cloth which drapes around his proper left hip and loins. He holds a sword and wreath in his proper right hand. His proper right arm is draped with cloth. He holds a small female figure of Nike in the palm of his proper left hand, which is outstretched. His proper left leg is bent and rests on a part of a ship's hull. The sculpture rests on a simple rectangular granite base with a stepped bottom." - Smithsonian Art Inventory

 

The monumental bronze statue stands on a granite base inscribed:

 

IN MEMORY OF THE
SONS OF TENNESSEE
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR,
1914-1918

TITLE: Victory also known as Spirit of Youth ARTIST(S): Belle Kinney, Leopold F. Scholz DATE: ca. 1929. Dedicated 1929. MEDIUM: Bronze with brown patina on a granite base. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TN000260 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: War Memorial Plaza Courtyard 6th Avenue Nashville, Tennessee DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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