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Melchers, Julius Theodore,
Portrait male -- La Salle, Robert Chevalier
Occupation -- Other
Ethnic -- French
Dress -- Historic
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Sculpture
Chevalier de la Salle, (sculpture).
Artist:
Melchers, Julius Theodore, 1830-1903, sculptor.
Title:
Chevalier de la Salle, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
La Salle, (sculpture).
Old Detroit City Hall Figures: La Salle, (sculpture).
Dates:
1874. Installed 1880s. Rededicated Nov. 25, 1974.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: limestone; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 8 ft. x 28 in. x 24 in.; Base: approx. 5 x 5 x 5 ft.
Inscription:
(On proper right side of base:) J. MELCHERS./SCULPT. (On front of base:) LA SALLE signed
Description:
Standing figure of explorer, wearing knee pants, buckled shoes, long curled wig and moustache.
Subject:
Portrait male -- La Salle, Robert Chevalier -- Full length
Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
Ethnic -- French
Dress -- Historic -- Seventeenth Century Dress
Object Type:
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Wayne State University, Art Department, Detroit, Michigan 48202
Located Wayne State University, Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, Michigan
Provenance:
Formerly located Detroit City Hall, Facade, Detroit, Michigan until 1961.
Remarks:
One of four figures made for niches in the facade of the Detroit City Hall, built in 1871, demolished 1961. Commissioned by Bela Hubbard. Inventory has photographs of the figure alone and in his overall setting alongside the other three Old Detroit City Hall Figures. IAS files contain copies of newspaper articles from Detroit Free Press, Nov. 26, 1974, and Detroit News, June 2, 1983, both of which discuss the relocation of the four figures and biographical information about them.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1994.
Detroit Historical Department, 1988.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Related Works:
For model see 24140009.
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 24140010
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
24140010
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