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Lipchitz, Jacques,
Portrait male -- Taft, Robert Alphonso
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Law
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
Sculpture
Senator Robert Alphonso Taft Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973, sculptor.
Title:
Senator Robert Alphonso Taft Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1960. Dedicated May 19, 1961.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Pedestal: limestone; Foundation: limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 48 x 30 x 24 in.; Pedestal: approx. 105 x 33 x 42 in.; Foundation: approx. 4 x 124 x 60 in.
Inscription:
(Bottom rear proper right: artist's signature) (Front of pedestal, incised lettering:) ROBERT/ALPHONSO/TAFT/1889 - 1953 (Rear of pedestal:) JACQUES LIPSCHITZ/SCULPTOR/1960 signed
Description:
A bust of Senator Robert Alphonso Taft is mounted atop a straight-sided, simple, column-like pedestal that tapers from top to bottom. The pedestal sits on a rectangular footer in a landscaped traffic circle.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Taft, Robert Alphonso -- Bust
Occupation -- Political -- Senator
Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
Sculpture
Owner:
On loan to Cincinnati Art Museum, Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-1596
Lent by Thomas J. Emery Memorial, 315 Walnut Street, Mercantile Library Building, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Located Cincinnati Art Museum, Eden Park, Traffic circle by main entrance to museum, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-1596
Remarks:
The sculpture commemorates Robert Alphonso Taft, 1889-1953, who was a successful lawyer and an active Republican in Cincinnati politics from 1919 to 1939. He served as a United States Senator from 1939 until his death. The sculpture was commissioned through the Thomas J. Emery Memorial Foundation for $5,000. Plaque at foot of base front reads: HONORED BY STATE AND NATION/AND THE PEOPLE OF CINCINNATI/WHO KNEW HIM BEST AND REVERED HIM MOST/ERECTED BY/THE THOMAS J. EMERY MEMORIAL/OF WHICH HE WAS A TRUSTEE.
The sculpture was to be located in Lytle Park in downtown Cincinnati, however, it has been on long-term loan to the Cincinnati Art Museum since 1960, and its permanent installation has yet to be determined. For further information see Cincinnati 8 (Sept. 1975), pg. 66; and Robert Campen's "Ohio-Architectural Portrait," Chagrin Falls, OH: West Summit Press, 1973, pg. 266. IAS files contain a related article from Cincinnati (Sept. 1978), pg. 132.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Cincinnati (Sept. 1978), pg. 132.
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 OH000511
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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