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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Rhind, John Massey,     Alden & Harlow,     Unknown (Italy),     Portrait male -- Bach, Johann Sebastian     Performing Arts -- Music     Ethnic -- German     Object -- Written Matter     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh     Sculpture

Bach, (sculpture). Artist:  Rhind, John Massey, 1860-1936, sculptor. Alden & Harlow, architectural firm. Unknown (Italy), founder. Title:  Bach, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated April 1907. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 12 x 6 x 6 ft. Inscription:  MASSEY RHIND FECIT signed Description:  Seated figure of Bach wearing ruffled blouse, jacket, and a drape thrown over his legs. He looks down to his proper right at some sheet music which rests on a low pedestal. His proper right hand rests on top of the music. Subject:  Portrait male -- Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Full length Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer Ethnic -- German Object -- Written Matter -- Sheet Music Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Sculpture Owner:  Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Entrance, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Remarks:  This sculpture is part of a grouping of sculptures created by Rhind in collaboration with the building's architects, Alden & Harlow. The cost was $180,000 for the sculptures. The grouping consists of four allegorical figures representing the four disciplines housed by the Institute --Art, Literature, Music, and Science (located on the roof above the two main entrances), and the earthly embodiments of these disciplines --Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Bach, and Galileo (paired at each of the two main entrances). The sculptures were cast by lost wax in Italy, assembled and finished by Rhind in New York. This sculpture has doors in the back to permit access inside. The 1995 SOS! survey indicates that the sculpture was recently restored. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 167-168. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0193, 1989. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 224. Related Works:  Companion to: 76007631. Companion to: 76007632. Companion to: 64480088. Companion to: 64480089. Companion to: 64480090. Companion to: 64480091. Companion to: 64480092. 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 76007628   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76007628 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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