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Zorach, William,
Roberts, George B.,
Animal -- Cougar
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Puma, (sculpture).
Artist:
Zorach, William, 1889-1966, sculptor.
Roberts, George B., designer.
Title:
Puma, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Mountain Lion, (sculpture).
Dates:
Modeled 1947. Carved 1954. Dedicated 1963.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: Labrador granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 39 1/2 x 18 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 20 x 66 x 90 in. (900 lbs.).
Inscription:
(Incised:) Zorach / 1954 (Base, Fairmount Park Art Association circular seal:) FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION/INC. FEB. 2, 1872 signed
Description:
A puma sitting up straight with his head turned to the proper left and his tail curling around his feet on the proper left side. The sculpture rests on a pedestal in the center of a circular granite base.
Subject:
Animal -- Cougar
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
Coadministered by Fairmount Park Art Association, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Located Fairmount Park, Azalea Garden, Kelly Drive northwest of the Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Downtown Gallery New York, New York 1959.
Zorach Studio, Brooklyn, New York 1961.
Exhibitions:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts One Hundred Fifty Seventh Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1962.
Remarks:
The Fairmount Park Art Association purchased this piece for the Azalea garden for fifteen thousand dollars from the 157th Annual Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1962. SOS! cover sheet notes that the current custodian of the piece is the Fairmount Park Commission and the Fairmount Park Art Association. George B. Roberts designed the granite base.
References:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 296.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
City of Philadelphia, 1973.
Zorach, Tessim, Zorach Inventory WZ-86, 1991.
Tarbell, Roberta K., "Catalogue Raisonne of William Zorach's Carved Sculpture," Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1976, no. 20.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 296.
Tarbell, Roberta K., "Catalogue Raisonne of William Zorach's Carved Sculpture," Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1976, pg. 211.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 88320089
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