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
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
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
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
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. . . . . .
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)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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