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Mozart, (sculpture). Artist:  Mueller, Augustus Max Johannes, b.1847, sculptor. Title:  Mozart, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bust, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1891. 1897. Installed Oct. 23, 1897; Dedicated Nov. 1897. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft. Inscription:  (On bust:) A. M. J. Mueller, sculptor (On front of base:) PRESENTED TO THE/CITY OF BROOKLYN/BY THE UNITED/GERMAN SINGERS/OF THE CITY./FIRST PRIZE AT THE 18TH/NATIONAL SAENGERFEST/HELD AT PHILADELPHIA/JUNE 23RD/1897 (On back of the base:) S. K. SAENGER/PRESIDENT./ARTHUR CLAASEN CONDUCTOR. signed Subject:  Portrait male -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Bust Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer Ethnic -- Austrian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021 Located Prospect Park, Flower Garden, Music Grove, Ocean Avenue & Lincoln Road, Brooklyn, New York Remarks:  Gift of the United Singers of Brooklyn. A saengerfest is a festival of singers or song. Related information and an image are available in the Brooklyn Historical Society's Prospect Park file. For related information see Huntington, Edna, "Historical Markers and Monuments in Brooklyn," Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1952, pg. 28. IAS files contain a copy of excerpt from Huntington publication. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0129, 1989. Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 227. Monumental News, Oct. 1897, pg. 596. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 227. 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 76002893   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76002893 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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