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Aderente, Vincent,
Allegory -- Civic
History -- United States
Occupation -- Law
Portrait male -- Chase, Salmon P.
Portrait male -- Waite, Morrison Remick
Portrait male -- Taney, Roger Brooke
Portrait male -- Ellsworth, Oliver
Portrait male -- Marshall, John
Portrait male -- Fuller, Melville Weston
Portrait male -- Jay, John
Portrait male -- White, Edward Douglas
Portrait male -- Taft, William Howard
Portrait male -- Hughes, Charles Evans
Portrait male -- Washington, George
Portrait male -- Jefferson, Thomas
Portrait male -- Madison, James
Portrait male -- Clymer, George
Portrait male -- Wilson, James
Portrait male -- Rush, Benjamin
Portrait male -- Read, George
Portrait male -- Hamilton, Alexander
Portrait male -- Franklin, Benjamin
Portrait male -- Hancock, John
Portrait male -- Lee, Richard Henry
Occupation -- Political
Object -- Other
Painting
Mural
Constitution Law, (painting).
Artist:
Aderente, Vincent, 1880-1941, painter.
Title:
Constitution Law, (painting).
Dates:
1940.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
14 x 14 ft.
Inscription:
(Lower right:) VINCENT ADERENDE (sic) signed
Description:
The following men represented in the mural. On the left side are Chief Justices of the Supreme Court --Salmon P. Chase, Morrison Remick Waite, Roger Brooke Taney, Oliver Ellsworth, John Marshall, Melville Weston Fuller, John Jay, Edward Douglas White, William Howard Taft, and Charles Evans Hughes. On the right side are the Founders of Freedom in America --George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Clymer, James Wilson, Benjamin Rush, George Read, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, and Richard Henry Lee (in profile).
Subject:
Allegory
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Civic
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Law
History
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United
States
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Colonization
Occupation
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Law
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Chief Justice
Portrait male
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Chase, Salmon P.
Portrait male
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Waite, Morrison Remick
Portrait male
--
Taney, Roger Brooke
Portrait male
--
Ellsworth, Oliver
Portrait male
--
Marshall, John
Portrait male
--
Fuller, Melville Weston
Portrait male
--
Jay, John
Portrait male
--
White, Edward Douglas
Portrait male
--
Taft, William Howard
Portrait male
--
Hughes, Charles Evans
Portrait male
--
Washington, George
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Full length
Portrait male
--
Jefferson, Thomas
Portrait male
--
Madison, James
Portrait male
--
Clymer, George
Portrait male
--
Wilson, James
Portrait male
--
Rush, Benjamin
Portrait male
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Read, George
Portrait male
--
Hamilton, Alexander
Portrait male
--
Franklin, Benjamin
Portrait male
--
Hancock, John
Portrait male
--
Lee, Richard Henry
Occupation
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Political
--
President
Object
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Other
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Flag
Object Type:
Painting
Mural
Owner:
Queens Supreme Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Staircase, right side, Jamaica, New York 11435
Remarks:
One of two murals flanking the grand staircase in the main lobby of the Queens Supreme Courthouse. These are the last two murals Vincent Aderente painted in 1940. He passed away the following year after their completion. The cost of the two murals was $20,000. Mayor LaGuardia offered to fund the Mosaic Law mural (IAP 78460190) at city expense if the Queens County Bar Association would provide the additional funds for the Constitution Law mural. A committee was appointed and $3,500 was raised to defray the cost. The artist's name is misspelled in the signature on Constitutional Law. This mural and its companion mural Mosaic Law appear in the movie Shaft as Samuel L. Jackson runs up the lobby staircase and stops on the landing wtih the murals in the background. In 1938, the artist submitted four additional mural designs on the theme of Law for the Queens Supreme Courthouse, but these murals were never completed, possibly due to the cost, or to the artist's illness. The other four mural designs submitted were: Canon Legal Law on the west elevation, Drafting Napoleon Code on the south wall, Roman Legal Period on the north wall, and Ancient Egyptian Law on the east Wall.
References:
King, Glenn, 2010.
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:
IAP 78460191
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Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
78460191
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