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Johann Fust, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Johann Fust, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1857. Medium:  Lead. Dimensions:  H. 49 1/2 in.; Base: H. 27 1/2 in. Subject:  Portrait male -- Fust, Johann -- Full length Occupation -- Industry -- Printing Ethnic -- German Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Free Library of Philadelphia, Logan Square, Rare Book Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Provenance:  Formerly located Ledger Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gift of Sussel, Arthur, 1955. Remarks:  Bas reliefs of Washington and Franklin, from the Ledger Building, have been reapplied to the base of the statue. This piece is one of four surviving statues from the Ledger Building. Fairmount Park Art Association cites that Joseph A. Bailly may have made this piece. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976. City of Philadelphia, 1973. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 64. Illustration:  Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 64. 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 77001212   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77001212 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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