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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Repp Monument Company,     Portrait male -- Klieber, Louis P.     Homage -- Klieber, Magdelena     Homage -- Klieber, John     Occupation -- Farm     Occupation -- Political     Dress -- Accessory     Object -- Tool     Object -- Foliage     Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Cambridge City     Gravestone     Sculpture

Louis P. Klieber Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Repp Monument Company, fabricator. (possibly by) Title:  Louis P. Klieber Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1930s (?). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. x 30 in. x 30 in.; Base: approx. 6 1/2 x 5 x 5 ft. Inscription:  (On front of sculpture, below figure's feet:) L.P. KLIEBER (On front of base, raised lettering:) LOUIS P./AGRICULTURIST/1865-1941/L.P.KLIEBER (On west side of base:) MAGDELENA/WIFE OF J. KLIEBER/1827-1906 (On east side of base:) JOHN/CO. F 167 O.U.I./1826-1913 unsigned Description:  A portrait of Louis P. Klieber holding a scythe in his proper right hand and a sheaf of wheat in the crook of his proper left arm stands atop a square base that serves as his gravestone. He is dressed in a farmer's work attire which included a hat. The base is capped by a cornice decorated with egg and dart edging and a scroll design. The bottom of the base is stepped. Subject:  Portrait male -- Klieber, Louis P. -- Full length Homage -- Klieber, Magdelena Homage -- Klieber, John Occupation -- Farm -- Farmer Occupation -- Political -- Municipal Official Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object -- Tool -- Scythe Object -- Foliage -- Wheat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Cambridge City Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Cambridge City, 127 North Foote Street, City Building, Cambridge City, Indiana 47327 Located Riverside Cemetery, North of U.S. 40 on North Lincoln Drive, north entrance, Lot 10 Sec. 1, Cambridge City, Indiana Remarks:  L.P. Klieber (1865-1941) had the sculpture of himself installed in Riverside Cemetery probably during the 1930s. The sculpture marks his grave, as well as the graves of his mother, Magdelena (1827-1906), and his father John (1826-1913), who emigrated from Germany. L.P. Klieber was born in Hamilton, Ohio in 1865 and later became a successful farmer in Cambridge City. He served on the town board in 1936. Klieber's son-in-law worked for the Repp Monument Company in Cambridge City and this company may possibly have cast the sculpture. For related reading see "Folk Art as Found in Whitewater Valley Graveyards, 1976," Whitewater Valley Junior Historical Society, pg. 43. IAS files contain an article from the Richmond Palladium, May 31, 1941, pg. 12; and an excerpt from Fox's "Memoirs of Wayne County, 1912, pg. 173-174. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Richmond Palladium, May 31, 1941, pg. 12. 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 IN000719   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000719 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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