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Albert Laessle animal statues and medal
Collection — Container: Box Small Collections 15
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0802
Overview
Albert Laessle (1877-1954), was a Philadelphia sculptor who combined science and art to create realistic animal studies. This collection includes four of his bronze sculptures, 2 modeled while Laessle studied in Paris, 1906 (of turtles), 2 others while in Philadelphia, 1908,1918 (a polar bear and an eagle). The works measure from 8 x 11 x 8 cm. to 54 x 57 x 95 cm. According to their inscriptions, three sculptures were cast at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry in New York. Also includes 1 bronze...
Dates:
1906-1918
Medals Presented to the Academy
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2010-074-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three medallions, 2 small medallion storage boxes, and three notes accompany the medallions. The medals were given to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia by outside institutions including the International Congress of Americanists, The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, and the Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.
Dates:
6/21/2010
Old Bushman Sculpture
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2010-082-Artifact
Scope and Contents
The sculpture was created by Malvina Hoffman around 1930. This was created during the time when Hoffman was working for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, IL. Her skill at representation of the human form allowed her to render the graceful beauty of her subjects during their daily activities. This project resulted in the largest single corpus of her work. The sculpture is a bust of an old Bushman. It is screwed to a wooden pedestal and an engraving on the back of the bust reads:...
Dates:
Circa 1930
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