Ecce Homo - Chicago, IL
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adgorn
N 41° 47.698 W 087° 35.839
16T E 450373 N 4627184
Elongated waist-length figure of Christ dressed in a roughly modeled cloak. His hands are crossed at his waist and he stares straight ahead. The smoothly modeled face conveys a sense of sorrowful resignation.
Waymark Code: WM99PZ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/19/2010
Views: 4
Located in a courtyard at Augustana Lutheran Church. From the church's website: (
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"The ECCE HOMO (“Behold the Man”) sculpture in the courtyard is the work of Egon Weiner (1906–1987), a professor at The Art Institute who fled Vienna in 1938. The sculpture, originally created in plaster, stood for ten years in the balcony of Rockefeller Chapel. When Weiner, a member of Augustana, sold the work to the congregation, the statue was shipped to Norway, where it was cast in bronze. The sculpture was placed in the courtyard of the new church, and the courtyard walls were built around it. Christ stands quietly, with folded hands. The pose may be Weiner's response to the chaos of the war he left behind as a young man."
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 2 ft. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 3 1/2 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 1/2 ft.
From wikipedia:
"Ecce Homo are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the John 19:5, when he presents a scourged Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his Crucifixion. The King James Version translates the phrase into English as Behold the Man. The scene is widely depicted in Christian art."
The statue is quiet, simple and sad, invoking thoughtful reflection. Sculptor Egon Weiner has several other waymarked sculptures in the Chicago area.