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    		• Beach, Chester,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Weber, Carl Maria von
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Music
     
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    		• Ethnic -- German
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Von Weber, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Beach, Chester, 1881-1956, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Von Weber, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    von Weber Statue, (sculpture).
    Carl Maria von Weber, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1907. Dedicated June 22, 1907.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 8 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    Chester Beach (On front of base in raised letter:) CARL MARIA VON WEBER/PRESENTED TO THE/BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN/BY THE UNITED GERMAN SINGERS/1ST PRIZE AT THE /22ND NATIONAL SAENGERFEST/HELD AT NEW YORK/JUNE 22ND 1907. signed
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Weber, Carl Maria von -- Bust
    Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer
    Ethnic -- German
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
    Located Prospect Park, Flower Garden, Music Grove, Ocean Avenue & Lincoln Road, Brooklyn, New York
    Remarks: 
    A saengerfest is a festival of singers or song. Sculpture was a gift of the United Singers of the Borough of Brooklyn. IAS files contain a copy of the Art Commission of the City of New York's "Work of Art Form" dated March 18, 1910 which indicates approval of the gift of the sculpture was given on April 21, 1910. For related information see: Lancaster, Clay, "Prospect Park Handbook," New York, 1972, pg. 58-60 which describes the location of the sculpture; and Huntington, Edna, "Historical Markers and Monuments in Brooklyn," Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1952, pg. 45. IAS files contain a copy of the excerpt from the Huntington publication.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    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 76002894
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