The Flame, (sculpture)
Object Details
- sculptor
- Sheppard, Joseph 1930-
- founder
- Fonderia Massimo Del Chiaro
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1992.
- Image on file.
- (On east side of sculpture:) SHEPPARD/87 (On northeast side of sculpture:) FONDERIA D'ARTE/M. DEL CHIARO/ITALY PIETRASANTA (On base, south side:) A GIFT OF REMEMBRANCE/JEANNE AND MELVIN BERGER/JEAN AND JACK LUSKIN/SCULPTOR: JOSEPH SHEPPARD 1930- (Around base top of base:) "THOSE WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT"/GEORGE SAN TAYANA 1863-1952 signed Founder's mark appears.
- 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 group of emaciated concentration camp inmates huddled together being consumed by a fire. The sculpture stands on a cylindric base.
- Culture
- Hebrew
- 1987. Dedicated Nov. 6, 1988
- Control number
- IAS MD000557
- Type
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished black granite
- Owner/Location
- Administered by Baltimore Jewish Council 2701 North Charles Street Baltimore Maryland 21202
- Located Holocaust Memorial Site Gay & Lombard Streets Baltimore Maryland 21202
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- History--Europe--Holocaust
- Figure group--Nude
- Allegory--Element--Fire
- Ethnic
- Religion--Judaism
- State of Being--Other--Imprisonment
- State of Being--Death--Murder
- Record ID
- siris_ari_338627
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
