Object Details
Artist
Heinz Warneke, born Bremen, Germany 1895-died Madison, CT 1983
Luce Center Label
In 1935, Wild Boars was awarded the George D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal, an award given to many fine American sculptures by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The work was inspired by a smaller sculpture that Heinz Warneke had made out of granite. In this version he focused on the features that made the boars distinctive---the proportionally large head and jowls, the small, squat legs---and exaggerated them. The sleek, polished surface of the marble makes the boars seem stoic and massive in spite of their small scale.
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Heinz Warneke
Date
ca. 1931
Object number
1993.44.1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Sculpture
Medium
marble
Dimensions
18 3/4 x 13 7/8 x 26 3/8 in. (47.7 x 35.3 x 67.0 cm.)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 48B
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Animal\pig
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1993.44.1