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Mangbusucks, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Korean), sculptor. Title:  Mangbusucks, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Two Tomb Figures, (sculpture). Two Figures of Court Officials, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1695. Installed 1976. Dedicated Aug. 1976. Medium:  Granite. Dimensions:  2 pieces. Each sculpture: approx. 75 x 24 x 12 in. (3 tons). Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Two Korean memorial figures, dressed in ceremonial robes, stand holding scrolls with both hands in front of them. Subject:  Homage -- Oh Ryong Suh Occupation -- Political Dress -- Ceremonial Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Ethnic -- Korean Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Fairmount Park Art Association, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Located Penn's Landing, International Sculpture Garden, Columbus Boulevard & Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Provenance:  Acquired 1976. Formerly located Yangjoo-kun, Kyunggi Province, Korea Remarks:  Initiated by the Fairmount Park Art Association and the International Cultural Society of Korea. The sculptures were a gift of the International Cultural Society of Korea and the Korean Association of Greater Philadelphia. They were acquired in 1976. Mangbusucks are Korean memorial stone figures carved to flank the tombs of eminent people. The Philadelphia figures, representing scholar officials, were originally carved for the tomb of Oh Ryong Suh, a court official in the Yi Dynasty, who rose to the rank of vice-minister before his death in 1694. IAS files contain a transcription of nearby plaque and excerpt from Penny Balkin Bach's "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 245. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 245. 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 PA000618   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000618 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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