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''John Campbell Greenway'' is a 1930 bronze statue of
A second casting of the statue, located in front of the
John Campbell Greenway
John Campbell Greenway (July 6, 1872 – January 19, 1926) was an American businessman and senior officer of the U.S. Army Reserve who served with Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish–American War and commanded infantry in World War I. H ...
by Gutzon Borglum, one version of which was installed in the United States Capitol, in Washington D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It was one of two statues donated by the state of Arizona. The sculpture was unveiled by Senator Henry Ashurst of Arizona on May 24, 1930.
National Statuary Hall Collection and Phoenix
The Greenway statue was replaced in the Statuary Hall Collection by a statue of Barry Goldwater byDeborah Copenhaver Fellows
Deborah Copenhaver Fellows (born 1948) is an American sculptor known for her Western themed works. Her best known work is the life-sized statue of former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater included in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U. ...
in 2015. The Greenway statue was relocated in the Polly Rosenbaum Archives and History Building in Phoenix, where it presides over the entrance lobby in a niche designed for the work. On the wall behind the statue is a large photograph of Borglum working on the almost completed statue.
Tucson
A second casting of the statue, located in front of the Arizona Historical Society
The Arizona Historical Society (AHS) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to connect people through the power of Arizona's history. It does this through four regional divisions. Each division has a representative museum. The statewide di ...
building in Tucson, Arizona, was dedicated on April 11, 1975.
See also
*1930 in art
Events from the year 1930 in art.
Events
* June–July – Christopher Wood paints in Brittany.
* 29 November – Première of the Surrealist film ''L'Age d'Or'' by Luis Buñuel (co-written with Salvador Dalí) at Studio 28 in Paris.
* Theo van ...
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* {{Portal bar, Arizona, United States, Visual arts 1930 establishments in Washington, D.C. 1930 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C. Greenway Monuments and memorials in Arizona Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C. Sculptures by Gutzon Borglum Sculptures of men in Arizona Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C. Statues in Arizona