Monte Cassino: The Baker

About the Artwork

Title Monte Cassino: The Baker

Artwork Date 1984

Artist Italo Scanga

Life Dates 1932 - 2001

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Carved and painted wood, and blown glass

Dimensions Overall: 78 × 41 × 26 1/2 inches (198.1 × 104.1 × 67.3 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Gift of Drs. Joan and Bernard Chodorkoff for the David Jacob Chodorkoff Collection

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2003.187

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