Ruskin, 1903

  • Gutzon Borglum, American, 1867-1941

Bronze

  • Overall: 15 × 11 × 5 1/2 inches (38.1 × 27.9 × 14 cm)

Gift of George G. Booth

19.47

Department

American Art before 1950

Inscribed, on top of base, behind chair: Gutzon Borglum | c 1903

Foundry mark: Gorham Mfg. Co. Founders

George G. Booth

1919-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Arts and Crafts in Detroit. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1976, p. 92, no. 68. Tolles, Thayer. American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum, Vol. II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born Between 1865 and 1885. New York, 1999, pp. 498-500, no. 222 (ill. of Met example).

Gutzon Borglum, Ruskin, 1903, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of George G. Booth, 19.47.