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Idusch and Son,
Roman Bronze Works,
Portrait male -- Haydn, Franz Joseph
Performing Arts -- Music
Ethnic -- Austrian
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Joseph Haydn, (sculpture).
Artist:
Idusch and Son, sculptor.
Roman Bronze Works, founder.
Title:
Joseph Haydn, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1906 (?).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 46 x 34 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 94 x 58 x 66 in.
Inscription:
(Sculpture, under proper right shoulder:) Idusch & Son/Baltimore (Base, left side:) GRAND PRIZE AWARDED/TO THE UNITED SINGERS OF PHILADELPHIA/STAEDTE PREIS/ERRUNGEN VON DEN VEREINICTEN SAENCERN/VON PHILADELPHIA BEIM 21TEN NATIONAL/SAENCERFEST DES N.O.S.B.VON AMERICA/IN NEWARD N.J. JUNI 30TEN DIS JULIS TEN 1906 signed
Description:
Bust of composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) dressed in a shirt with a tie at the neck and a jacket with a short collar. His hair is brushed back from his face and into large curls, two on each side of his face. The bust rests on top of a roughly carved, square base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Haydn, Franz Joseph -- Bust
Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer
Ethnic -- Austrian
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 Fairmount Park, Horticultural Center, west side of park, Belmont Avenue & North Horticultural Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Gift of the United German Singers of Philadelphia to the City in 1906.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
City of Philadelphia, 1973.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 228.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0056, 1989.
Monumental News, July 1908, pg. 503.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 228.
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 75009319
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