Memorial Stone for Magician
1996 / Jon Barlow Hudson / Yellow Springs
A memorial to the artist's father, Benjamin Rexford Hudson, who passed away in 1996. The sculpture is a black stone block, topped with five interlocking rings, such as the ones that magicians use in shows. On the left side of the stone face is an etching of a man using a camera on a tripod. On the right side is an inscription.
The inscription reads: "Benjamin Rexford Hudson Oct 12, 1920 Nov 25, 1996 Devoted Father and Husband Magician Hydro-geologist World Traveler Builder of Homes O, Weary Soul, leave me lost from the yellow gold. Fix for me a brilliant light. Cast my being in a sandbrown mold. Enshroud me in a hypnotic night. B.R.H. 1938"
Location: Glen Forest Cemetery
Title
Memorial Stone for Magician
Description
A memorial to the artist's father, Benjamin Rexford Hudson, who passed away in 1996. The sculpture is a black stone block, topped with five interlocking rings, such as the ones that magicians use in shows. On the left side of the stone face is an etching of a man using a camera on a tripod. On the right side is an inscription.
The inscription reads: "Benjamin Rexford Hudson Oct 12, 1920 Nov 25, 1996 Devoted Father and Husband Magician Hydro-geologist World Traveler Builder of Homes O, Weary Soul, leave me lost from the yellow gold. Fix for me a brilliant light. Cast my being in a sandbrown mold. Enshroud me in a hypnotic night. B.R.H. 1938"
The inscription reads: "Benjamin Rexford Hudson Oct 12, 1920 Nov 25, 1996 Devoted Father and Husband Magician Hydro-geologist World Traveler Builder of Homes O, Weary Soul, leave me lost from the yellow gold. Fix for me a brilliant light. Cast my being in a sandbrown mold. Enshroud me in a hypnotic night. B.R.H. 1938"
Creator
Date
1996
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