Statue of Harry Jerome explained

Harry Jerome
Italic Title:no
Artist:Jack Harman
Type:Sculpture
Material:Bronze
Subject:Harry Jerome
Height Imperial:9
Metric Unit:m
Imperial Unit:ft
City:Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13
Coordinates:49.2982°N -123.1191°W

Harry Jerome is an outdoor 1986 bronze sculpture by Jack Harman of Canadian track and field runner Harry Jerome,[1] [2] installed at Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia.[3]

Description

The 9feet[4] statue commemorates Jerome's running career and depicts the sprinter with his "chest thrust forward into the finish tape".[1] [5]

History

The sculpture was unveiled in 1988.[6] Someone placed an Iron Man helmet on the statue without permission in 2015; reports attributed the helmet to mischief or a guerrilla marketing campaign for the pending premiere of .[4] The statue's plaque was stolen in 2016.[7] Toronto artist Moya Garrison-Msingwana's 2019 Google Doodle commemorating Jerome's birthday was "loosely inspired" by the statue.[8] [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IT Application. vancouver.ca. 2022-04-21. 2020-03-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20200301073539/https://vancouver.ca/. live.
  2. Book: Fournier, Suzanne . Shore to Shore: The Art of Ts'uts'umutl Luke Marston . November 22, 2014 . Harbour Publishing . 9781550176711 . Google Books . April 21, 2022 . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220421203657/https://books.google.com/books?id=Gr-ECgAAQBAJ&pg=PT76 . live .
  3. Web site: Avengers Iron Man helmet spotted on Harry Jerome statue at Stanley Park . CBC News British Columbia . April 30, 2015 . August 17, 2016 . August 15, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815225939/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/avengers-iron-man-helmet-spotted-on-harry-jerome-statue-at-stanley-park-1.3056342 . live .
  4. Web site: Vancouver's Harry Jerome statue gets the Avengers treatment. Vancouver Sun. 2022-04-21. 2020-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20200425030223/https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/vancouvers-harry-jerome-statue-gets-avengers-treatment/. live.
  5. Web site: This day in history: July 6, 1967 . www.vancouversun.com . April 21, 2022 . March 22, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200322175941/http://www.vancouversun.com/This%2Bhistory%2BJuly%2B1967/6892444/story.html . live .
  6. Web site: Legendary Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome from North Vancouver honoured on Google. September 30, 2019. The Georgia Straight. April 21, 2022. August 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200808053549/https://www.straight.com/news/1308336/legendary-canadian-sprinter-harry-jerome-north-vancouver-honoured-google. live.
  7. Web site: Vandals steal plaque off Harry Jerome statue in Stanley Park. Global News. 2022-04-21. 2020-11-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20201120142229/https://globalnews.ca/news/2723261/vandals-steal-plaque-off-harry-jerome-statue-in-stanley-park/. live.
  8. Web site: Running for more than just gold: Google Doodle honours Sask.-born sprinting legend . CBC News . September 25, 2019 . March 22, 2020 . February 11, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200211033948/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/harry-jerome-born-prince-albert-olympian-google-doodle-1.5296565 . live .
  9. Web site: Harry Jerome gets a Google Doodle. September 30, 2019. Canadian Running Magazine. April 21, 2022. March 28, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220328043908/https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/harry-jerome-gets-a-google-doodle/. live.

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