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Walter, Edgar,
L. De Rome Foundry,
Portrait male -- Steinhart, Ignatz
Portrait male -- Steinhart, Sigmund
Occupation -- Monetary
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Medallion
Architectural component
Sculpture
Sigmund Steinhart / Ignatz Steinhart, (sculpture).
Artist:
Walter, Edgar, 1877-1938, sculptor.
L. De Rome Foundry, founder.
Title:
Sigmund Steinhart / Ignatz Steinhart, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Ignatz Steinhart, (sculpture).
Dates:
1923.
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
2 medallions. Each medallion: approx. H. 2 ft. x W. 2 ft.
Inscription:
Edgar Walter S.C. (On bottom rim of each medallion:) L. De Rome Oakland (On right medallion, raised letters:) DONOR SIGMUND STEINHART (On left medallion, raised letters:) IGNATZ STEINHART DONOR signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Two medallions flanking entrance to the Steinhart Aquarium. The medallion on the left side bears a relief portrait bust of Ignatz Steinhart shown in profile. He has a mustache. The medallion on the right side portrays Sigmund Steinhart, also shown in profile, bust-length. The figures face each other. Their names, in relief, encircle their heads.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Steinhart, Ignatz -- Bust
Portrait male -- Steinhart, Sigmund -- Bust
Occupation -- Monetary -- Philanthropist
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Medallion
Architectural component
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102
Located Golden Gate Park, Steinhart Aquarium entrance, San Francisco, California
Remarks:
For related information see: The Arts Commission of San Francisco's "San Francisco Civic Art Collection: A Guided Tour to Publicly Owned Art of the City and County of San Francisco," 1989, pg. 62.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco 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 CA000898
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CA000898
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