Machinist and Machinist's Apprentice - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 52.718 W 087° 37.445
16T E 448216 N 4636489
This sculpture is on permanent display at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Waymark Code: WMC0DW
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2011
Views: 4
This two-piece sculpture islocated in the Art Institute of Chicago (coordinates are for the Institutes' Michigan Avenue entrance.) Photography of permanent exhibits is permitted in the Museum.
The placard with the piece reads:
"Emma Stebbins
Machinist and Machinist's Apprentice
c.1859
Marble
Gift of Antiquarian Society, 2001.13.1-2
Emma Stebbins was a leader of the community of women
sculptors in Rome. Like their male colleagues, these women
emulated the statues of classical antiquity. Stebbins'
subjects here can be identified by their clothing: cap,
work shirt, leather apron, and long pants. The machinist
holds a forging hammer and toothed gear, the means and
the ends of his labor; the young apprentice demonstrates his
ability to improve on his teacher's experience with his
compass and drawing stylus. By using a neoclassical idiom
to represent a new machine-based profession practiced
by two generations of workers, Stebbins celebrated the
possibilities of innovation."
The Museum cost $18 for adults and has the following hours:
Monday–Wednesday, 10:30–5:00
Thursday, 10:30–8:00
Friday–Sunday, 10:30–5:00
Sector of the workforce: Machinist and Machinist Apprentice
Created or Donated by which group: Gift of Antiquarian Society
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