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Georgakas, Costos,
Portrait male -- Hippocrates
Occupation -- Medicine
Ethnic -- Greek
Animal -- Reptile
Literature -- Hippocratic Oath
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
Sculpture
Hippocrates, (sculpture).
Artist:
Georgakas, Costos, sculptor.
Title:
Hippocrates, (sculpture).
Dates:
1970. Dedicated 1970.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 101 x 38 x 28 in.; Base: approx. 61 x 42 1/2 x 37 1/2 in.
Inscription:
C. Georgakas Sculptor/Scrak Cholargos/Atens-Greece (On front of sculpture in Greek lettering:) HIPPOCRATES/490-386 B.C. (On right of sculpture:) DONATION/BY MR. MRS./SAM SPYROS NAKOS/1970 (On front plaque on base:) HIPPOCRATES (The Hippocratic Oath appears on plaques on the left and right sides of the base, in English and Greek) (On rear plaque:) SCULPTOR/KOSTOS NIKOLAOU GEORGAKAS/STATUE PRESENTED BY AGATHA AND SAM NAKOS signed
Description:
Standing figure of Hippocrates wearing a toga, sandals and a beard. With his proper right hand he leans on a bowl which sits on a tree stump. A snake spirals around the tree stump.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Hippocrates -- Full length
Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
Ethnic -- Greek
Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
Literature -- Hippocratic Oath
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by University of Alabama at Birmingham, Visual Arts Gallery, 900 13th Street South, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
Located University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lister Hill Library, 1700 University Boulevard, Birmingham, Alabama
Remarks:
Gift of Sam and Agatha Nakos. IAS files include a reference to the Visual Arts Gallery Papers, no. 25 October 1980.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama 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 AL000232
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Inventory of American Sculpture
AL000232
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