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Monument to Walter Paepcke, (sculpture). Artist:  Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985, sculptor. Title:  Monument to Walter Paepcke, (sculpture). Dates:  1960. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: grey granite; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 9 ft. x Circum. 4 ft.; Base: approx. W. 4 ft. x D. 4 ft. Inscription:  (On base:) WALTER PAUL/PAEPCKE/1896-1960 unsigned Description:  Memorial column, comprised of 12 circular shapes placed one above the other, which marks the gravestone of Walter Paepcke. Subject:  Homage -- Paepcke, Walter Paul Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Gravestone Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Aspen Sculpture Owner:  Aspen Grove Cemetery, M. C. Skimming Road, Aspen, Colorado 81611 Remarks:  Nearby text reads: WALTER PAUL/PAEPCKE/1896-1960/E. HILKEN/PAEPCKE/1902-1994/W. P. PAEPCKE II/1923-1926. Walter Paepcke was the owner of the Chicago-based Container Corporation of America. He recruited Herbert Bayer to help turn Aspen into an educational and cultural retreat for business executives and to effect the union of art and industry within his company. IAS files contain excerpt from Gwen F. Chanzit's: "Herbert Bayer Collection and Archive at the Denver Art Museum," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994. 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 CO000224   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CO000224 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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