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Portrait male -- Behrens, Herman
Homage -- Behrens, Dora
Homage -- Bruhl, Jennie
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Waco
Gravestone
Sculpture
Herman Behrens, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Herman Behrens, (sculpture).
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: gray granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 24 x 24 x 14 in.; Base: approx. 109 x 46 x 46 in.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) H. BEHRENS/FEB. 28, 1852/DEC. 17, 1905/I HAVE DONE THE BEST THAT I/COULD BY THE LIGHT OF THE DAY/Die Fiebe horet nimmer auf/BEHRENS (On back of base:) DORA BEHRENS/JULY 3, 1854/JULY 30, 1954 (On right side of base:) MRS. JENNIE BRUHL/AUG. 23, 1875/FEB. 25, 1939
Description:
Portrait bust of Herman Behrens. He wears a jacket, vest, shirt and bow tie. He has a moustache. The marble sculpture sits atop an ornately carved gray granite base. The top of the base is arched; there is decorative bas-relief carving in the front recess of the arch. The center section of the base is decorated with high relief columns on the outer edges. The base slopes downward and ends in two steps.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Behrens, Herman -- Bust
Homage -- Behrens, Dora
Homage -- Bruhl, Jennie
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Waco
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Oakwood Cemetery, 2124 South 5th Street, Waco, Texas 76706
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
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 TX001000
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
TX001000
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