Sather Gate, (sculpture).

Sather Gate, (sculpture).

Cummings, Melvin Earl, 1876-1936, sculptor.

Howard, John Galen, architect.

California Artistic Metal and Wire Company, founder.

Sather Gate, (sculpture).

Sather Memorial Gate, (sculpture).

Gates: bronze with patina; Panels: marble; Pillars: granite.

8 panels. Overall: approx. H. 24 ft. x W. 65 ft.; Each panel: approx. H. 36 in. x W. 24 in.

Sather Gate/ Erected by Jane K. Sather MDCCCCVIIII (On granite pillar:) IN MEMORY OF/PEDER SATHER/1810-1886 unsigned

Four granite pillars support the central arch and two side arches of a gate. The arches are ornately ornamented cast bronze with a green patina. Eight marble bas-relief panels are attached to the north and south sides of the granite pillars. Each of the four panels on the south side features a full-length nude female figure, representing Agriculture, Architecture, Art, and Electricity respectively. Each of the four panels on the north side features a full-length nude male figure representing Law, Letters, Medicine and Mining respectively. Each of the pillars is topped with a clear glass globe held in bronze framework.

Homage -- Sather, Peder

Occupation -- Monetary -- Banker

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture

Figure male -- Nude

Figure male -- Full length

Figure female -- Full length

Figure female -- Nude

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Architecture

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Art

Allegory -- Element -- Energy

Allegory -- Civic -- Law

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Literature

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Medicine

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Berkeley

Administered by University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, California 94720

Located University of California, Berkeley, South side of campus, near Telegraph Avenue & Bancroft Way, Berkeley, California 94720

The gates were designed by the university's architect, John Galen Howard. Cummings designed and sculpted the marble panels. California Artistic Metal & Wire Company constructed the bronze gateways. $10,000 was donated to the University by Mrs. Jane Sather for the construction of the gates, in honor of her husband Peder Sather, a California banker. There was controversy over the nude figures on the panels after they were installed in December 1909, and in May 1910 they were replaced with plain marble panels. The relief panels were placed in university storage. In 1977 two of the panels were rediscovered in storage. The other six panels, discovered at a local monument company, were returned to the university. In Dec. 1979 all eight panels were re-installed on the gate pillars. The original gates had four large granite urns topping the pillars. IAS files contain copy of Nelson R. Ober's manuscript "Sather Gate and Berkeley's Errant Nudes", 1994.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CA2057, 1989.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.

Monumental News, Jan. 1910, pg. 22.

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