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    		• Piccirilli, Furio,
     
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    		• Piccirilli, Attilio,
     
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    		• York and Sawyer,
     
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    		• John Donnelly, Inc.,
     
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    		• Literature -- Shakespeare
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
     
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    Portia, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Piccirilli, Furio, 1868-1949, sculptor.
    Piccirilli, Attilio, 1866-1945, sculptor. (possibly by)
    York and Sawyer, architectural firm.
    John Donnelly, Inc., contractor. (possibly by)
    Title: 
    Portia, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1915.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: marble and limestone; Base: limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 2 x 2 ft.
    Description: 
    A standing figure of Portia, the female lawyer from Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice." She wears a full-length robe and gestures with her raised proper right hand. She holds an object against her chest with her proper left hand. The sculpture rests on a small hexagonal base in an ornate niche on the facade of the Martha Cook Building.
    Subject: 
    Literature -- Shakespeare -- Merchant of Venice
    Literature -- Character -- Portia
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Michigan, Physical Properties Building, 326 East Hoover, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
    Located University of Michigan, Martha Cook Building, niche above entrance at 906 South University, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is attributed to both Attilio and Furio Piccirilli, but is probably the work of Furio Piccirilli. The Martha Cook Building was built in 1915 by the architectural firm of York and Sawyer, and is a Michigan historic site, registered as state site no. 601. William N. Cook, a lawyer who donated funds for the building, selected the character of Portia. For related information see: Michigan Alumnus 22 (Oct. 1915): pg. 23. IAS files contain: a transcription of a nearby plaque; and an unpublished excerpt from Einar Kvaran's "Annotated Inventory of Outdoor Sculpture in Washtenaw County," 1989.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan 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 MI000529
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