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Molnar, Albert, Sr.,
Figure group
Object -- Other
Object -- Written Matter
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Bloomington
Architectural component
Sculpture
Light of the World, (sculpture).
Artist:
Molnar, Albert, Sr., sculptor.
Title:
Light of the World, (sculpture).
Dates:
1908.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: limestone; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 12 x 9 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 2 1/2 x 8 x 4 ft.
Description:
Three heroic, classical figures are grouped on the south portico of the Monroe County Courthouse. The central female holds a torch in her raised proper right hand and reaches out with her proper left hand. To her proper right, a kneeling female holds a tablet in her proper left hand. Her proper right arm is extended at her side and probably once held a writing implement that is now missing. To the proper left of the central female is a loosely draped, kneeling male holding a cartouche with his proper right hand and resting his proper left hand on his left knee.
Subject:
Figure group
Object -- Other -- Torch
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Bloomington
Architectural component
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Monroe County Commissioners, Monroe County Courthouse, Room 322, Bloomington, Indiana 47404
Located Monroe County Courthouse, South entrance, Bloomington, Indiana
Remarks:
Sculptor Albert Molnar, Sr. used his wife as a model for the center female. One of the figure's hands fell off at some point and local artist Dugan Eigar created a new hand for the figure during the Bicentennial. The sculpture was renovated in 1984. IAS files contain a newspaper article from the Herald-Telephone, Oct. 25, pg. 14.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000684
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
IN000684
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