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Calder, Alexander Stirling,
Jaboeuf & Bezout Fondeurs,
Portrait male -- Gross, Samuel
Occupation -- Medicine
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Dr. Samuel Gross, (sculpture).
Artist:
Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945, sculptor.
Jaboeuf & Bezout Fondeurs, founder.
Title:
Dr. Samuel Gross, (sculpture).
Dates:
1897.
Medium:
Bronze statue on red marble pedestal.
Dimensions:
Statue: Approx. 6 ft.; Base: Approx. 6 ft.
Inscription:
(Right side of base:) Calder (Left side of base:) Jaboeuf & Besout Fondeurs a Paris signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Standing figure of Samuel Gross, right arm bent with hand on overcoat. Left hand outstretched.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Gross, Samuel -- Full length
Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia 20306-6000
Located Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Commissioned by American Surgical Association and Alumni Association of Jefferson College. Accepted by an act of Congress. Gross was an important surgeon and the founder of the ASA.
References:
National Museum of Health and Medicine, 1989.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, DC0039, 1989.
Monumental News, Feb., 1897, pg. 123.
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 64860001
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
64860001
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