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Aitken, Robert,
Portrait male -- Burns, Robert
Occupation -- Writer
Ethnic -- Scottish
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
Sculpture
Robert Burns, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Aitken, Robert, 1878-1949, sculptor.
Title:
Robert Burns, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
ca. 1925-1927. Dedicated June 2, 1928.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: 8 ft. x 30 in. x 30 in.; Base: 8 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. x 8 ft.
Inscription:
(On side of figure, toward back:) AITKEN (On front of base:) ROBERT BURNS/ERECTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF/THE BURNS CLUB OF
ST
.
LOUIS
/BY ADMIRERS OF ROBERT BURNS/AND HIS GENIUS/1928 signed
Description:
Youthful standing figure of Robert Burns. Figure has coat draped over proper left arm, scythe resting in crook of proper left arm, and his proper left hand is on his proper left hip. Sheaves of wheat are behind figure. Figure holds book in proper right hand, resting on proper right thigh. He stands with his proper left leg forward.
Subject:
Portrait male
--
Burns, Robert
--
Full length
Occupation
--
Writer
--
Poet
Ethnic
--
Scottish
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Missouri
--
St
.
Louis
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Washington University, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Campus Box 1214, One Brookings Drive,
St
.
Louis
,
Missouri
63130 Accession Number: WU 4491
Located Washington University, Bixby Hall East Lawn,
St
.
Louis
,
Missouri
Remarks:
Gift of the Burns Society of
St
.
Louis
, 1928. The dedication of the
sculpture
was held on the occasion of Robert Burns' 170th birthday, June 2, 1928. The
sculpture
was not accessioned until February 1972. IAS files contain articles from Student Life (
St
.
Louis
, MO), Oct. 1, 1982, and The Washingtonian (
St
.
Louis
, MO) (May-June 1928) which discuss the commissioning and dedication of the
sculpture
.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Missouri
,
St
.
Louis
survey, 1993.
McCue, George, "
Sculpture
City:
St
.
Louis
," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988, pg. 91-92.
Index of American
Sculpture
, University of Delaware, 1985.
Student Life (
St
.
Louis
, MO), Oct. 1, 1982, pg. 8.
Washington University Gallery of Art, "Illustrated Checklist of the Collection," 1981, pg. 14.
The Washingtonian (
St
.
Louis
, MO) 4-5 (May-June 1928): pg. 12.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Student Life (
St
.
Louis
, MO), Oct. 1, 1982, pg. 8.
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 76001198
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