Robert Ingersoll Aitken Sundials
American, 1878-1949
Robert Ingersoll Aitken was born in the USA in 1878. He is of importance, having been cast and mounted to honor John DeWitt Warner, an influential lawyer, congressman and supporter of the arts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Warner was a founder of the National Sculpture Society, the association of professional sculptors in America, and the oldest. Aitken was one of the deans of American sculpture in the early 20th century, sculpting the figure atop the Dewey Monument in Union Square, San Francisco, the west pediment of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., and the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City.
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Creator: Robert Ingersoll Aitken
Bronze Figural Sundial by Robert Ingersoll Aitken
By Robert Ingersoll Aitken
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A bronze figural sundial with satyr figure by American sculptor Robert Ingersoll Aitken (1878-1949), the satyr holding a large stylized shell while crouched beneath it, the shell top...
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1910s American Aesthetic Movement Vintage Robert Ingersoll Aitken Sundials
Materials
Bronze
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