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| 2164 |
| Indian Pulling Bow |
| FES Title: | Road Marker- / for H. Rodney Sharp / “Indian Pulling Bow” | |
| Alternate Titles: | Lenni | |
| Date: | 01/23/1937 | |
| Size: | 114″H x 57″W | |
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| Type: | sculpture | |
| Published: | “Reward Offered to Help Find Stolen Copper Indian.” Wilmington caption: The 7-foot tall copper Indian created by Frank E. Schoonover. “Almost Forgotten Art Used To Fashion Statue of Indian.” Wilmington [DE] News Journal, [1937]: 1,4. |
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| Inscription: | [none visible] | |
| Annotations: | Size: 99″ top of bow to base; 87.5 top of feathers to base; 57″ tip of bow to tip of elbow; base 48″ by 20″ concrete slab in person 5/10/06 made originally to be a road marker for H. Rodney Sharp 9’6″ tall and 4′ 9″ wide The press called the statue ‘a monument to the [Lenni-Lenapi] tribes that once roamed the Maryland] peninsula [along the Bohemia River].’ |
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| Exhibitions: | 1937 Hotel duPont | |
| Comments: | digitized in person 5/10/06; index |
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| Commentary: | Schoonover was commissioned to design his only sculpture, an Indian road marker, for a country estate. At the Victor & Shields, Inc. metal workshop, Victor Kozlowski, master metal craftsman constructed the statue. From June 19th- 23rd, Schoonover notes in his daybook that he spent time at ‘Victor and Shields = Putting on color and varnish./Rubbing down varnish and applying wax-‘ After Schoonover completed the finish work on the copper covering, the imposing Indian was on exhibition at the Hotel DuPont before being taken to the estate and used as a garden decoration. On September 3, 1984, the statue was stolen, but later recovered. Damage to leg and other areas was subsequently repaired. |
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| Provenance: | Artist comissioned by private collection; descended in family to private collection | |
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