Alma Mater (Columbia University)

model 1900-1903, cast c. 1907

Daniel Chester French

Sculptor, American, 1850 - 1931

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift 1955 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • New York City Public Sculpture by 19th Century American Artists, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18 June - September 1974.

1976

  • Daniel Chester French, An American Sculptor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Collection of Fine Arts (now Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington; Detroit Institute of Art; Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, 4 November 1976 - 30 November 1977.

1984

  • Marble and Bronze: 100 Years of American Sculpture 1840-1940, Adams Davidson Galleries, Washington, 9 October - 16 November 1984, no. 15, repro.

1985

  • Cast in Shadow: Models for Public Sculpture in America, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 12 October 1985 - 5 January 1986, no. 9, repro.

Bibliography

1928

  • Jackson, Rilla. American Art. New York, 1928: pl. CLXIII.

1976

  • Richman, Michael. Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor. Washington, 1976: 94.

Inscriptions

on rear of base, lower left: GORHAM CO FOUNDERS Q75; on right side of base: D.C. FRENCH SC. / COPYRIGHTED

Markings

FM: Gorham Manufacturing Co.

Wikidata ID

Q63863867


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