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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Parducci, Corrado Joseph,     York and Sawyer,     John Donnelly, Inc.,     Portrait male -- Tappan, Philip Henry     Portrait male -- Angell, James     Occupation -- Education     Fantasy -- Elf     Emblem -- Seal     Object -- Foliage     Dress -- Accessory     Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor     Architectural component     Sculpture

Law Quadrangle, (sculpture). Artist:  Parducci, Corrado Joseph, 1900-1981, sculptor. York and Sawyer, architectural firm. John Donnelly, Inc., carver. Title:  Law Quadrangle, (sculpture). Dates:  1922-1933. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  Reliefs: approx. 1 x 1 ft. and 1 ft. x 18 in. Description:  The doorways, windows, and arches of the University of Michigan's Law Quadrangle are adorned with a variety of architectural reliefs. Included among the reliefs are gnomes with the faces of six former University presidents, Henry Philip Tappan and James Angell among them, caricatures of various professions and pastimes, the seals of forty-eight states, numerous mottos and sayings, and host of other symbolic and legal imagery. Subject:  Portrait male -- Tappan, Philip Henry -- Head Portrait male -- Angell, James -- Head Occupation -- Education -- University President Fantasy -- Elf Emblem -- Seal Object -- Foliage Dress -- Accessory -- Shield Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Michigan, Physical Properties Building, 326 East Hoover, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Located University of Michigan, Law Quadrangle, South State & South University Streets, Ann Arbor, Michigan Remarks:  A large portion of the funds donated by Michigan alumnus William Cook were spent on the construction of the four main sections of the Law Quadrangle, including the Law Club (1924), the John P. Cook Dorm (1930), the Legal Research Library (1931), and Hutchins Hall (1933). John Donnelly Company was responsible for the carvings on the Legal Research Library, and probably did the sculpture on the other buildings as well. For related information see: "The Lawyers Quadrangle of the University of Michigan," published by authority of the Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1931; Michigan Alumnus 37 (April 1931): pg. 465. IAS files contain an excerpt from Einar Kvaran's unpublished manuscript "Annotated Inventory of Outdoor Sculpture in Washtenaw County," 1989; and article from the Ann Arbor Observer (Sept. 1991): pg. 47-48. 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 MI000522   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000522 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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