Alma Mater Group, (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes: Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.; National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0051, 1989; Monumental News, July 1922; Oct. 1929.; Scheinman, Muriel, "Art Collecting at the University of Illinois: A History and Catalogue," Ph.D. diss., University of Illinois, 1981, pg. 43-45, 63-65.; Illinois Alumni News (Urbana, IL), Oct. 1962, pg. 1.; Illini Week (Urbana, IL), June 11, 1987, pg. 1, 6.
Summary: A group of three figures and an armchair. The center front figure, Alma Mater, is a standing female wearing an academic robe. Her arms are outstretched at chest height, with her palms open. The chair is directly behind her. The proper right figure, Labor in back, is a male wearing a blacksmith's apron. His proper right arm is extended over the chair in a handshake with the female to his proper left. His proper left hand rests on the chair back. A sheaf of plans or drawings is behind the legs. The proper left figure, Learning is a model of the Lemnia Athena, a female in a classical gown with a sun bas-relief on front. Her proper left arm is flexed with her hand on her hip. Her proper right arm extends across the chair in a handshake with the proper left male. The armchair has a bas-relief seal of the State of Illinois on the back, visible only from behind. The chair legs have paw feet.

Owner/Location: Administered by University of Illinois Board of Trustees 506 South Wright Street, 354 Henry Administration Building Urbana Illinois 61801; Located University of Illinois Altgeld Hall, Southeast corner of Wright & Green Streets Urbana Illinois 61801

Topic: Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Industry; Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Education; Emblem--Seal; Object--Furniture--Chair; Figure group