Monument to Joe Louis

Monument to Joe Louis, 1986

  • Robert Graham, American, 1938 - 2008

Bronze

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

Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Sports Illustrated

1986.58

On View

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

Department

Contemporary Art after 1950

Details

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.

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

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

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