Crucifix, (sculpture).

Crucifix, (sculpture).

Pirkner, Jose, sculptor.

Crucifix, (sculpture).

1959. Dedicated fall 1960.

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Sculpture: copper; Base: wood and metal.

Christ figure: approx. 13 x 12 x 2 1/2 ft.; Cross: approx. 22 ft. x 14 in. x 8 1/2 in.

(Plaque at foot of cross:) Gift of the Women's Guild/of/Duquesne University/Erected 1960

Figure of Christ nailed to the cross. His eyes are closed and his head hangs slightly forward. A halo is attached to his head and he wears a loin cloth.

Religion -- New Testament -- Christ

Religion -- New Testament -- Crucifixion

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh

Administered by Duquesne University, Physical Plant, Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282

Located Duquesne University, Walkway between Administration Building & Rockwell Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282

Sculpture was commissioned by Father Vernon F. Gallagher, former school president, and was a gift of the school's Women's Guild. Beginning in the spring of 1957, the Women's Guild sponsored card parties and other benefits to raise some $6,000 for the sculpture. Pirkner spent eight months creating the sculpture in his Bilthoven, Holland studio. It was originally to be installed near Trinity Hall on the bluff over looking the Monongahela River, but instead was place on what was then called the Senior Walk near the Administration Building.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

Pittsburgh Press, Sept. 27, 1959, Sect. 1, pg. 5.

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