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The E-Sylum: Volume 23, Number 37, September 13, 2020, Article 18

MORE ON VICTOR DAVID BRENNER SCULPTURES

Regarding our discussion of sculptures by coin designers, Dick Johnson submitted his compilation of these works by Victor David Brenner. Thanks! -Editor

1900ca. Campi (Louis) Bust (modeled in Turin Italy; Brenner made two trips to Turin, in 1900 and 1901) . . . . . . . .

1900ca. Campi [companion female] Bust (assumed modeled in Turin Italy as well). . . . . . . . . . .

1900ca Young Lovers Statuette (Couples Embracing, Two Groups patinated bronze, possible bookends) . . . . . . . . . .
Auction: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York 31 May 1990 ($3,750)
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . . . . . IAS75004744
Collection: University of Notre Dame, Indiana. . . . .

1903 Sterne (Simon) Bust [Brenner’s biographical letter states this statue intended for East New York Cemetery]. . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . . . . IAS 07260019
Collection: Baltimore Museum of Art . . . . . IAS 75006054
Collection: New York Public Library . . . . . . IAS 76008648
Collection: Yale University Art Gallery. . . . . . . . .1926.117
Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image . . . . . J0123365

Victor David brenner bust of Charles Eliot Norton 1906 Norton (Charles Eliot) Marble Bust . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . . . . IAS 77000402
Collection: Harvard Univ Art Museum (Fogg) . . .. . 1907.3
Illustrated: F28b {1913} Kellog (2 October 1915) page. 22

1908 Cleveland Trust Company Seal (mounted in floor of bank building in Cleveland, gift of Ambrose Swasey, a director of the bank). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1908 Emerson (Edwin) Tombstone. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image . . . . . J0123276

1909 Lincoln (Abraham) Bust (owned by the author, DWJ). .
Illustrated: P3 {2007} Coin World (March 26) page 14
Illustrated: N38 {2008} Bowers. Guide Lincoln Cents, p 14
Illustrated: N41{2009} Reed. Lincoln, The Image, p 173

Victor David Brenner bust of Isaac Drummond 1912 Drummond (Issac Wyman) Marble Bust . . . . . . . Hahlo 148
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . . . . IAS 76009044
Collection: New-York Historical Sociey. . . . . .. . . 1946.85
Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image . . . . J0123317

1912 Irving (Washington) Relief Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . . . . IAS 67350060
Collection: New York City Board Educaionn . . . . .
Collection: New-York Historical Society . . . . . . .1949.176

Victor David Brenner bust of Samuel P. Avery, Jr. 1914 Avery (Samuel Putnam) Bust . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1915(?) Lincoln (Abraham) Gettysburg Address Tablet (cast by Gorham & Co, with circular medallion portrait of Lincoln, also made separate, see above, Cast Medal). . .

1915 Lincoln (Abraham) Relief Portrait (copyright 15 June

1915; cast by Gorham Company; companion to 1921 Washington relief below; Lincoln plaster model was in Jaspon-Lit collection, now at American Numismatic Society) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture [>1].IAS 64480059
Collection: American Numismatic Society . . . 1989.17.1
Collection: New York City Board of Education. . . .
Collection: Pittsburgh City-County Building. . . . . .
Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image [>1] J0123320

1915 Swasey (Ambrose) Portrait Relief . . . . . . . . . . Smedley 104
Collection: Denison University Swasey Chapel lobby

1917 New Russia Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image . . . S0000323

Brenner Fountain Song to Nature 1918 Schenley (Mary E.) Memorial Fountain Sculpture (also called A Song to Nature) [cast by Jno Williams Inc; formerly in Schenly Park, Pittsburgh, now in front of Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building, Univ of Pittsburgh]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Smedley 120
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . . . IAS 64480099
Collection: Pittsburgh Dept of Public Works . . . . . . .
Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image . . . ..J0123319

1921 Washington (George) Relief Portrait (copyright 1921; cast by Gorham Company; companion to 1915 Lincoln relief, above, among three others). . . Smedley 119
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . . . . IAS 64480058
Collection: Pittsburgh City-County Building. . . . . .

Brenner Lincoln plaque Pittsburgh Brenner Washington plaque Pittsburgh

Undated Medallic Items:

n.d. Burritt (Elihu) Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image . . . . J0123303

n.d. La Pastidiosa Dual Decorative Panels . . . . . . . . . . .Hahlo 150

n.d. Our Mental Dance Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . .

n.d. United States Seal Hold It High (Relief) . . . . . . .Smedley 7, 8 Undated Sculpture

n.d. Adam and Eve Terrocota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Auction: Nancy France 19 February 1984 (5,000 francs)

n.d. Dusk Wall Fountain Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . . .

n.d. Earth and Water Sculpture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image . . . . J0123359

n.d. Elizabeth Bust Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: National Sculpture Soc AE8 (1923) no. . .326

n.d. Family Tomb Plaster Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hahlo 143

n.d. Faun Statue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago AE2 (1912) no. . ..337

n.d. Female Dancer Statue. . . . . . . . .

n.d. Hutton (Frederick Remsen) Sculpture. . . . . . . . . .
Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image . . . . J0123288

n.d. Hygenel Sculpture [possible 1912 for International Congress that year]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image . . . . J0123283

n.d. Male and Female Figures (unknown name; colossal size) Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . . . IAS76009045

n.d. Male Iceskater Statue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

n.d. Man [Lapith] Battling Centaur Statue. . . . . . . . . . . .

n.d. Music Statue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hahlo 142

n.d. Nature the Consoler Sculpture. . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago AE2 (1916) no. . . 425
Exhibited: San Fran Pan-Pacific Expo (1915) no. . . .3131
Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image . . . S0000322

n.d. Return To Nature Sculpture (carved in Seravezza marble). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. Hahlo 147

n.d. Singing Statue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

n.d. Timidity Sculpture (also called Expertancy [!] Statue, and Venus Statue and exhibited under these names) . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago AE2 (1912) no. . .338
Photo: Smithsonian Photo Archives Image . . . S0000324

n.d. Water Lilly Sculpture (also called The Lilly). . . . . . . . . .330

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
SCULPTURES BY U.S. COIN DESIGNERS (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n35a20.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 : Brenner's Three-Dimensional Sculptures (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n36a12.html)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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