A statue of military historian
Samuel Eliot Morison by
Penelope Jencks is installed along
Boston
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's
Commonwealth Avenue Mall
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, in the
U.S. state of
.
Description and history
The 1982
bronze sculpture, set atop a sculpted granite boulder, depicts Morison holding binoculars. Below his feet, embedded in the boulder, are bronze casts of crabs, shells, and starfish. Etched into a smaller rock beside the boulder is inscribed his counsel to young writers: ”Dream dreams, then write them aye, but live them first.”
The work was surveyed as part of the
Smithsonian Institution
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's "
Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.
See also
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1982 in art
Events from the year 1982 in art.
Events
* June 26 – The Paul Delvaux Museum in Saint-Idesbald, Belgium, is inaugurated with Paul Delvaux present.
* July 22 – An 1847 bronze casting of a statue of politician William Huskisson by John Gibso ...
References
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1982 establishments in Massachusetts
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Crustaceans in art
Granite sculptures in Massachusetts
Monuments and memorials in Boston
Outdoor sculptures in Boston
Sculptures of men in Massachusetts
Seashells in art
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