About the Artwork
Julius Theodore Melchers
1910
Adolph Alexander Weinman
1870-1952
American
Unknown
Bronze
Overall: 55 3/4 × 34 7/8 × 2 1/2 inches (141.6 × 88.6 × 6.4 cm)
Sculpture
American Art before 1950
Gift of friends and pupils of Julius Theodore Melchers
10.23
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Signed, under image: Adolph Alexander Weinman fecit
Inscribed, lower half of plaque: Julius Theodore Melchers | [flower symbol] sculptor [flower symbol] | Born in Soest MD MDCCCXXIX | Died in Detroit MMVIII | Dedicated to his Memory | By his pupils and friends | MCMX
Mark, upper right corner: [crest-like symbol]
Provenance
1910-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Adolph Alexander Weinman, Julius Theodore Melchers, 1910, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of friends and pupils of Julius Theodore Melchers, 10.23.
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