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Love, (sculpture). Artist:  Omatti, Guiseppe, sculptor. Title:  Love, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Dr. Herman A. Drechsler Tomb, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1947. Installed 1950. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Vermont granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: H. approx. 14 ft.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 10 in. x 13 ft. 3 in. x 10 ft. 3 in. (60 tons.). Inscription:  (On front and back of base:) DRECHSLER unsigned Description:  Standing female figure dressed in long, flowing gown, with cross at neck. She has long hair and her head is bent forward. She holds bouquet of lilies in proper left hand and single flower in proper right hand. Figure stands on a small step with proper right knee bent. Figure rests on base flanked by ionic columns with two urns on low platform in front. Subject:  Homage -- Drechsler, Herman A. Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Passion -- Love Object Type:  Gravestone Copy Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul Sculpture Owner:  Calvary Cemetery, 753 Front Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55103 Remarks:  Copy after a marble sculpture in Milan, Italy by an unknown artist. Herman Dreschler's family commissioned the copy, after Dreschler's death in 1947, bringing the sculptor Omatti and a model to the United States from Italy to complete the work. IAS files contain related article from St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 28, 1950. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 28, 1950, section 2, pg. 11. 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 MN000020   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000020 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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