Creation Date

Sculpture creation date: ca. 1950

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Black and white photograph of a bronze statue of a kneeling stonecutter on a granite pedestal at a working harbor with boats and rocky shoreline in the background. The photograph shows William H. Muir’s bronze sculpture "Stonecutter," bronze cast after ca. 1950 plaster, installed on a tiered granite base in Stinson Park on the waterfront in Stonington, Maine. Docks, small boats, and low rocky islands are visible across calm water behind it. A shirtless male stonecutter figure, modeled after Bill Donovan of Stonington, kneels, wearing a brimmed cap and work trousers, holding a metal pin to the stone with his proper left hand while raising a mallet in his proper right hand as if about to strike. The statue is mounted on a tall, rectangular granite pedestal with a bronze plaque that dedicates the monument to the many workers whose labor made Deer Isle granite known internationally, specifically noting Antonio Cabral Ramos’s donation of the monument in honor of those who traveled to Crotch Island to quarry and ship the stone. The statue was erected in November 1994. A shorter granite step supports the pedestal, and there are stone blocks and a pair of simple benches nearby, integrating the monument into the working harbor setting. ©1994. Peggy McKenna, photographer. (See p17077-p17083)(NA4800.)

Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) (1990-1995) was a nationwide survey that ran from 1990-1995 documenting America’s outdoor sculpture. Established in 1990, SOS! helped educate local communities about America’s endangered sculptural heritage. The Maine Arts Commission was one of 106 organizations to participate in this survey.

Topic

Sculpture

Collection

MF161

Series Number

NA4800

Identifier

p17077

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Existence and Location of Originals

Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.

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