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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, (sculpture). Artist:  Polasek, Albin, 1879-1965, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, (sculpture). Dates:  1930. Dedicated November 2, 1930. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. x 8 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 9 in. Inscription:  (Sculpture, bottom right side:) ALBIN POLASEK (Sculpture, bottom left rear:) Roman Bronze Works N.Y. (On base front:) GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM/LESSING signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Lessing wears a long cape around his shoulders and is standing with his proper left leg resting up on a step. He is holding a book in his proper left hand and rests it on his left knee. There is a pen in his proper right hand. The sculpture sits on a rectangular stepped base which is in a sunken rectangle within a rose garden. Lessing (1729-1781) was a German critic and dramatist who published "Laokoon" in 1766 and "Nathan the Wise" in 1779. His enlightened dramas helped to bring about the regeneration of German theater. Subject:  Portrait male -- Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Dramatist Occupation -- Writer -- Critic Object -- Written Matter -- Book Ethnic -- German Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Washington Park, Near East 55th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  The sculpture was funded by a bequest of German-born Chicagoan Henry L. Frank. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Photographic Archives contain photographs of the sculpture in its original setting. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Preservation Files contain miscellaneous correspondence and conservation treatment reports with black and white photographic and slide documentation. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 280-281. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 196. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 281. 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 75004314   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004314 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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