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Mueller, Augustus Max Johannes,
Schwarzmann, Herman J.,
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic
Architecture -- Detail
Object -- Art Tool
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Art, (sculpture).
Artist:
Mueller, Augustus Max Johannes, b. 1847, sculptor. (attributed to)
Schwarzmann, Herman J., 1843-1891, architect.
Title:
Art, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1876. Dedicated May 10, 1876.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: zinc, painted white; Base: lead coated copper.
Dimensions:
Approx. W. 92 in. x D. 92 in.
Description:
A seated female classical figure wearing classical dress. Her long hair is loosely pulled back into a bun on top of her head. From the bun, the rest of her hair falls to the middle of her back. She looks downward. Her proper right hand rests on a draped cloth over her thigh and holds an art tool. A paint palette rests on the pedestal to her proper right rear. The figure sits on a pedestal and a corinthian column capital is located to her proper left.
Subject:
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Art
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Architecture -- Detail -- Column
Object -- Art Tool -- Palette
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
Located Memorial Hall, Roof, South front, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The original base was zinc; but it was replaced with lead-covered copper. In 1985, repairs were made to the sculpture by Hamada, inc, Industrial Roofing & Sheet Metal Work.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Survey, 1993.
Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 200.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0287, 1989.
Monumental News, Jan. 1894, pg. 39.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Association, "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze and Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 80.
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 PA000161
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA000161
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