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Sponenburgh, Mark,
Figure group
Abstract
Occupation -- Education
Dress -- Ceremonial
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Foliage
Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Salem
Sculpture
Town and Gown, (sculpture).
Artist:
Sponenburgh, Mark, 1916-2012, sculptor.
Title:
Town and Gown, (sculpture).
Dates:
1991. Dedicated Feb. 1, 1992.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figures: bronze; Base: brick.
Dimensions:
Each figure: approx. 50 x 18 x 12 in.; Base: approx. 33 x 80 x 55 in.
Inscription:
(Back right near bottom:) MS 91 signed
Description:
Two pairs of somewhat abstract figures face each other. One pair are two academics, a man and a woman, wearing caps and gowns. The man holds a book at chest level with both hands and the woman holds a branch in front of her. They face two townspeople wearing long dresses, capes, and hats. One has a purse on her proper left arm and the other holds an umbrella at her waist, with the tip resting on the ground.
Subject:
Figure group
Abstract
Occupation -- Education
Dress -- Ceremonial -- Academic Dress
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object -- Foliage
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Salem
Sculpture
Owner:
Willamette University, 900 State Street N.E., Salem, Oregon 97301
Remarks:
Nearby plaque reads: TOWN AND GOWN/MARK SPONENBURGH, SCULPTOR/THIS SCULPTURE, DEPICTING TWO ACADEMICS/AND TWO TOWNSPEOPLE, COMMEMORATES/THE LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN/WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY AND THE TOWN OF SALEM,/BOTH ESTABLISHED EARLY IN THE 1840S./DEDICATED FEBRUARY 1, 1992, ON THE OCCASION/OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon 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 OR000268
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OR000268
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