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| Stephen Foster | |
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| Artist | Giuseppe Moretti |
| Year | 1900 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Stephen Foster is a landmark public sculpture in bronze by Giuseppe Moretti formerly located on Schenley Plaza in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Formerly sited along Forbes Avenue near the entrance of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, in the shadow of Dippy, a life-size sculpture of a Diplodocus dinosaur, and in close proximity to the University of Pittsburgh's Stephen Foster Memorial, the Foster statue is one of the city's best known and most controversial. It was removed on April 26, 2018 on the unanimous vote of the Pittsburgh Art Commission.[1]
The work of art is composed of two figures: a seated Stephen Collins Foster, the famous Pittsburgh-born songwriter who is depicted with a notebook in hand, and an African American man at his feet strumming a banjo, thought to represent "Uncle Ned," a fictionalized slave featured in Foster's song of the same name.[2] The sculpture's pedestal is four feet, three inches, and the figures measure ten feet.
- ^ Bever, Lindsay (26 April 2018). "Pittsburgh removes statue of 'My Old Kentucky Home' writer who catapulted to fame with minstrel songs". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ O'Driscoll, Bill (15 April 2010). "The city's most prominent memorial to Stephen Foster continues to offend many". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 18 September 2018.