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Bayer, Herbert,
Homage -- Paepcke, Walter Paul
Abstract -- Geometric
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Aspen
Sculpture
Monument to Walter Paepcke, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985, sculptor.
Title:
Monument to Walter Paepcke, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1960.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: grey granite; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. H. 9 ft. x Circum. 4 ft.; Base: approx. W. 4 ft. x D. 4 ft.
Inscription:
(On base:) WALTER PAUL/PAEPCKE/1896-1960 unsigned
Description:
Memorial column, comprised of 12 circular shapes placed one above the other, which marks the gravestone of Walter Paepcke.
Subject:
Homage
--
Paepcke, Walter Paul
Abstract
--
Geometric
Object Type:
Gravestone
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Colorado
--
Aspen
Sculpture
Owner:
Aspen
Grove Cemetery, M. C. Skimming Road,
Aspen
,
Colorado
81611
Remarks:
Nearby text reads: WALTER PAUL/PAEPCKE/1896-1960/E. HILKEN/PAEPCKE/1902-1994/W. P. PAEPCKE II/1923-1926. Walter Paepcke was the owner of the Chicago-based Container Corporation of America. He recruited Herbert Bayer to help turn
Aspen
into an educational and cultural retreat for business executives and to effect the union of art and industry within his company. IAS files contain excerpt from Gwen F. Chanzit's: "Herbert Bayer Collection and Archive at the Denver Art Museum," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988.
References:
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Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Colorado
survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
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 CO000224
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CO000224
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