A Man of Sorrows: Charles L. Hutchinson Monument - Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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Christ is seated with his arms extended in relief against four presumably female figures and a cross. The figures appear in an elongated, Gothic style.
Waymark Code: WMC6H1
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2011
Views: 3
Continued from the Smithsonian database:
Dimensions: Sculpture: approx. 80 x 63 x 6 in.; Base: approx 8 ft. 8 in. x 74 in. x 47 in.
Inscription: A FAGGI (Bottom right:) 1936 (Bottom left:) CAST BY/AM ART BRONZE FDRY/CHICAGO (Bottom of base:) HUTCHINSON signed Founder's mark appears.
Charles Hutchinson was one of a group of second generation Chicagoans who fostered the arts in the city at the end of the 19th century. He was a president of the Chicago Board of trade and a founder of the Art Institute and its president for 43 years, where he helped build its collection. The sculptor Faggi also did work in the south side's St Thomas the Apostle Church in Hyde Park. (source: Ira Bach "Chicago's Public Sculpture" 1983)
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1936
Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]
Where is this sculpture?:
Graceland Cemetery
4001 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL USA
60613
Sculptors Name: Faggi, Alfeo, 1885-1966, sculptor. American Bronze Company, founder.
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