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Marcks, Gerhard,
Guss Schmake,
Portrait male -- Magnus, Albertus
Object -- Written Matter
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
Sculpture
Albertus Magnus, (sculpture).
Artist:
Marcks, Gerhard, 1889-1981, sculptor.
Guss Schmake, founder.
Title:
Albertus Magnus, (sculpture).
Dates:
1955. Cast 1970. Installed 1971.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Foundation: concrete aggregate.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 4 ft. x 5 ft. 10 in.; Foundation: approx. 12 1/2 x 36 x 65 in.
Inscription:
(Underneath proper left leg: artist's mark) (On lower back of sculpture:) GUSS SCHM'A'KE DUSSELDORF W. GERMANY (Plaque on front of foundation) signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Albertus Magnus sits with a jacket or blanket draped over his shoulders, and possibly a newspaper or book open on his lap. The fingers of his proper right hand are laced through the pages of the newspaper while his proper left hand is brought up close to his chin. There is a small plaque on the front of the foundation. The sculpture is set in the middle of a plaza.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Magnus, Albertus -- Full length
Object -- Written Matter
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by University of Houston, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, Texas 77204 Accession Number: 071659
Located University of Houston, Bates College of Law, Entrance plaza, Houston, Texas
Provenance:
Purchased from Galerie Rudolf Hoffmann, Hamburg, West Germany, Sept. 1970.
Remarks:
Purchased for $55,000. Sculpture is cast no. 3/3. Sculpture is prone to vandalism. IAS files contain the Blaffer Gallery worksheet report.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
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 TX000609
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TX000609
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