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Bureau Brothers,
Figure male -- Full length
Homage -- Campau,
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Written Matter
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Gravestone
Sculpture
Campau Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bureau Brothers, founder.
Title:
Campau Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1886.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: cast bronze.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 x 6 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 8 x 6 ft.
Inscription:
(On side of base, incised:) Cast by Bureau Bros./Philadelphia Pa. (On side of base, raised:) CAMPAU unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A cemetery monument with a barefoot male figure sitting wearing ankle-length robes, with his proper right hand to his chin. He holds a book with his proper left hand and has one of his fingers between the pages. He sits with his knees crossed, possibly on a pile of rocks, a stack of books to his proper right. The sculpture is mounted on a multitiered, inscribed base with columns on the four corners of one tier.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Homage -- Campau,
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Mount Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan 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 MI000333
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MI000333
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