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Christopher Columbus

Statue (no longer existing?)

Virgil Rainer
1924

Description

Bronze statue of Columbus standing upright, accompanied by a figure of an Indian crouching on his knees. The figure of Columbus places his right hand on the head of the Indian.

Annotation

An entry from earlychicago.com:

"Columbus with Indian - 1924 · concrete sculpture at 9400 W. Foster Avenue, on the northwest corner of River Road in Schiller Park; in elegant garb Christopher Columbus bends to acknowledge a supplicant Indian. No text was inscribed. The Indian's submissive posture offended minority sentiments, and the sculpture has disappeared in recent years. Sculptor: Virgil Rainer."

Sculptor

Virgil Rainer (Matrei in Osttirol 1871 - Innsbruck 1948), Austrian sculptor, worked from 1921-1925 in the United States (Chicago) (Wikipedia)

Sources & Information

Smithsonian American Art Museum, SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information system).

Locatie (N 41°58'23" - W 87°51'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: usil14; Added: 21 November 2010

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