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Monument to Joe Louis

Robert Graham American, 1938 - 2008
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in

Off-site, Intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Woodward Avenue Wing

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About the Artwork

Monument to Joe Louis

1986

Robert Graham

1938 - 2008

American

Unknown

Bronze

Overall: 25 feet 6 inches × 24 feet 6 inches (7 m 77.2 cm × 7 m 46.8 cm)

Sculpture

Contemporary Art after 1950

Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Sports Illustrated

1986.58

Non-commercial all standard museum

Markings

Signed, end of arm: ROBERT GRAHAM

Inscribed, titled, end of arm: Monument to Joe Louis | Gift from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED to the People of the City of Detroit, the Detroit Institute of Arts and its Founders Society on the occasion of the Museum's Centennial 1885-1985.

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1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Robert Graham, Monument to Joe Louis, 1986, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Sports Illustrated, 1986.58.

Monument to Joe Louis
Monument to Joe Louis