Boll Weevil Monument, (sculpture) | Smithsonian Institution

Object Details

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.; Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.; Smithsonian Institution, Annual Report, "Living with the Boll Weevil for 50 years," 1945, pp. 273-292.; New York Times, July 27, 1998, pg. A10.; Image on file.; Smithsonian Institution, Annual Report, 1945, pp. 273-292.; New York Times, July 27, 1998, pg. A-10 (detail view).; (On base:) IN PROFOUND APPRECIATION OF/THE BOLL WEEVIL/AND WHAT IT HAS DONE AS THE HERALD OF PROSPERITY/THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY/THE CITIZENS OF/ENTERPRISE, COFFEE COUNTY, ALABAMA/DEC. 11-1919; The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary: A classical female figure, painted white, holding up a boll weevil above her head. The figure is placed on a graduated cast iron base, painted green, situated in the center of a concrete pool approximately 15 feet in diameter.

1919. Female figure dedicated Dec. 11, 1919. Original boll weevil designed 1949; Boll weevil replacments cast in 1954 and again in 1981

Medium: Female figure: cast alloy, possibly lead; Boll weevil: aluminum; Base: cast iron

Owner/Location: City of Enterprise Main & College Streets Enterprise Alabama

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic: Figure female; Animal--Insect--Beetle; History--United States--Alabama; Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Agriculture