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STATUE OF LIBERTY/ 2009
(  Satoshi Kinoshita )
| Series: | Prints on paper: Portraits 2 | | Medium: | Giclée on Japanese matte paper | | Size (inches): | 16.5 x 11.7 (paper size) | | Size (mm): | 420 x 297 (paper size) | | Edition size: | 25 | | Catalog #: | PP_0115 | | Description: | From an edition of 25. Signed, titled, date, copyright, edition in pencil on the reverse / Aside from the numbered edition of 5 artist's proofs and 2 printer's proofs.
"The last time I was inside a woman was when I was inside the Statue of Liberty." - Woody Allen
From Crimes and Misdemeanors, 1989
-www.amusingquotes.com/h/a/Woody_Allen_1.htm
Statue of Liberty -
The Statue of Liberty (French: Statue de la Liberté), officially titled Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La liberté éclairant le monde), is a monument that was presented by the people of France to the United States of America in 1886 to celebrate its centennial. Standing on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, it welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans traveling by ship.[5] The copper-clad statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence and was given to the United States by France to represent the friendship between the two countries established during the American Revolution.[6] Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi sculpted the statue[7] and obtained a U.S. patent for its structure.[8] Maurice Koechlin—chief engineer of Gustave Eiffel's engineering company and designer of the Eiffel Tower—engineered the internal structure. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and adoption of the repoussé technique, where a malleable metal is hammered on the reverse side.[9]
The statue is of a robed woman holding a torch, and is made of a sheathing of pure copper, hung on a framework of steel (originally puddled iron) with the exception of the flame of the torch, which is coated in gold leaf (originally made of copper and later altered to hold glass panes). It stands atop a rectangular stonework pedestal with a foundation in the shape of an irregular eleven-pointed star. The statue is 151 ft (46 m) tall, but with the pedestal and foundation, it is 305 ft (93 m) tall.
Worldwide, the Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the United States[10] and was, from 1886 until the jet age, often one of the first glimpses of the United States for millions of immigrants after ocean voyages from Europe. Visually, the Statue of Liberty appears to draw inspiration from il Sancarlone or the Colossus of Rhodes.
The statue is the central part of Statue of Liberty National Monument, administered by the National Park Service.
Inscription:
The interior of the pedestal contains a bronze plaque inscribed with the sonnet "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus. It has never been engraved on the exterior of the pedestal, despite such depictions in editorial cartoons.[50]
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
The bronze plaque in the pedestal contains a typographical error: the comma in "Keep, ancient lands" is missing, causing that line to read "'Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she", and noticeably altering its meaning.
The name "Mother of Exiles" was never taken up as the statue's name.
The first two lines refer to the ancient Colossus of Rhodes.
References:
* Holdstock, Robert, editor. Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. London: Octopus books, 1978.
* Moreno, Barry. The Statue of Liberty Encyclopedia. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
* Smith, V. Elaine, "Engineering Miss Liberty's Rescue." Popular Science, June 1986, page 68.
* Vidal, Pierre. Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi 1834–1904: Par la Main, par l'Esprit. Paris: Les créations du pélican, 2000.
5. ^ "Crown of Statue of Liberty may reopen to public soon". Xinhua News Agency. 2008-07-05. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/05/content_8496225.htm. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
6. ^ "Statue of Liberty". National Park Service. 2006-04-28. http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/prod02.htm. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
7. ^ "Statue of Liberty National Monument - History & Culture". National Park Service. 2006-10-05. http://www.nps.gov/stli/historyculture/index.htm. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
8. ^ Bellis, Mary. "Statue of Liberty - Frederic Auguste Bartholdi". About.com. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blliberty.htm. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
9. ^ "June 17, 1885: The Statue of Liberty Arrives". CR4. 2008-06-17. http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/6055/June-17-1885-The-Statue-of-Liberty-Arrives. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
10. ^ "Statue of Liberty". HTML. http://nymag.com/listings/attraction/statue_of_liberty/. Retrieved on 2006-06-20.
50. ^ e.g. Barry Shelton (2000-06-02). "New Statue of Liberty". http://www.freedaily.com/cartoons/000606statuecartoon.html. Retrieved on 2006-05-28.
-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty
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