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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Anderson, Ernfred,     Portrait male -- Twain, Mark     Portrait male -- Twain, Mark     Portrait male -- Gabrilowitsch, Ossip     Portrait male -- Gabrilowitsch, Ossip     Occupation -- Writer     Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Elmira     Gravestone     Relief     Sculpture

Mark Twain and Ossip Gabrilowitsch Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Anderson, Ernfred, 1896-1983, sculptor. Title:  Mark Twain and Ossip Gabrilowitsch Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1937. Installed 1937. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Granite. Dimensions:  12 ft. Inscription:  (Below top relief, in raised letters:) MARK TWAIN (Below bottom relief, in raised letters:) GABRILOWITSCH (Incised on bottom:) DEATH IS THE STARLIT STRIP/BETWEEN THE COMPANIONSHIP/OF YESTERDAY AND THE REUNION/OF TOMORROW./TO THE LOVING MEMORY OF/MY FATHER AND MY HUSBAND/C.C.G. - 1937 unsigned Description:  A granite shaft adorned with two relief portraits, one placed above the other, on the front of the shaft. The top relief depicts Mark Twain and the bottom relief depicts the Russia-born concert pianist, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the son-in-law of Mark Twain. Both figures are seen in profile with their coat collars and ties just visible. In front of the memorial are two gravestones marking the graves of Ossip Gabrilowitsch and Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch Samossoud. Subject:  Portrait male -- Twain, Mark -- Head Portrait male -- Twain, Mark -- Profile Portrait male -- Gabrilowitsch, Ossip -- Head Portrait male -- Gabrilowitsch, Ossip -- Profile Occupation -- Writer -- Author Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Elmira Gravestone Relief Sculpture Owner:  Woodlawn National Cemetery, 1825 Davis Street, Elmira, New York 14901 Remarks:  Commissioned by Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch Samossoud in memory of her father, Mark Twain and her husband, Ossip Gabrilowitsch. The sculptor Ernfred Anderson created the shaft of granite, which supports the bas-reliefs of Mark Twain and his son-in-law, to be 12 feet high or rather 2 fathoms, the physical equivalent of the navigation term ‘mark twain.’ Inscriptions on the two nearby gravestones read, in raised letters: "CLARA CLEMENS/GABRILOWITSCH/SAMOSSOUD/JUNE 8, 1874-NOV. 19, 1962/GOOD-BYE DARLING/UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN" and "OSSIP/GABRILOWITSCH/FEB. 8, 1878-SEP. 14, 1936/OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH/REFLECTED IN HIS ART AND IN/HIS LIFE THE NOBLE BEAUTY OF/HIS LOFTY IDEALS." References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY001025   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001025 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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