Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
Artist Browse
Title Browse
Subject Browse
Object Type Browse
Owner Browse
Refine Search
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Rocchi, Gualberto,
Portrait male -- Hill, Lister
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Political
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Montgomery
Sculpture
Joseph Lister Hill, (sculpture).
Artist:
Rocchi, Gualberto, 1914- , sculptor.
Title:
Joseph Lister Hill, (sculpture).
Dates:
1969. Relocated May 1985.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble with a cast iron border.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 1 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 6 in. x 6 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.
Inscription:
(On proper right shoulder:) ROCCI (sic) 1969 (On border of base:) JOSEPH LISTER HILL/1894-1984/U. S. CONGRESS/1923-1938/U. S. SENATE/1938-1969 signed
Description:
Bust of Joseph Lister Hill is installed on a rectangular pedestal with a border around the top. The figure wears a suit and tie.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Hill, Lister -- Bust
Occupation -- Political -- Congressman
Occupation -- Political -- Senator
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Montgomery
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of Alabama, Alabama Historical Commission, Department of Finance, 468 South Perry Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Located Alabama State Capitol, Corner of Bainbridge Avenue & Monroe Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Hubbard, Henrietta Hill, 3346 Stratford Lane, Montgomery, Alabama 36111 1969-1985.
Remarks:
This bust was in the collection of Henrietta Hill Hubbard from 1969-1985. It is one of two casts done by visiting Italian sculptor Rocchi. (The other bust is at the Lister Hill Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham.) Joseph Lister Hill was a member of the U.S. Congress from 1923-1938, and member of the U.S. Senate from 1938-1969. IAS files contain a related article from the Montgomery Advertiser/Journal, Nov. 18, 1992. IAS files also contain correspondence regarding improper cleaning of bust in 1979.
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 AL000336
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
AL000336
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact