Goddess of Democracy, (sculpture) | Smithsonian Institution

Object Details

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1994.; Image on file.; Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA), June 6, 1994.; (On back near bottom in drapery fold, vertically:) S.F. Goddess of Democracy Project (copyright symbol) 1989 David Coleman Art Foundry (On plaque on base:) Goddess of Democracy/Dedicated to those who strive for and cherish/human rights and democracy./A gift to the City of San Francisco/from the San Francisco Goddess of Democracy Project 1989-1994 (The text on the plaque is repeated in Chinese) 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: Full-length female figure. She holds a torch with both hands high above her proper right shoulder. She is draped in a long, sleeveless garment. Her hair is blown to the proper left side. The bronze sculpture has a brown-green patina and stands on a granite base.

1989. Copyrighted 1989. Cast 1990. Dedicated June 4, 1994

Medium: Sculpture: bronze with brown/green patina; Base: luna-pearl Italian granite

Owner/Location: Administered by City and County of San Francisco San Francisco Arts Commission 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240 San Francisco California 94102; Located Portsmouth Square Park Upper level, Clay Street between Kearny and Walter Lum Place San Francisco California

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic: Figure female--Full length; Allegory--Civic--Liberty; Object--Other--Torch; Ethnic