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accession number:	1939.109
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Descending Night, c. 1915. Adolph Alexander Weinman (American, 1870–1952). Bronze; overall: 66 cm (26 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Howard M. Hanna, Mrs. Paul Moore, and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., in memory of Leonard C. Hanna 1939.109

title:				Descending Night
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creation date:			c. 1915
creation date earliest:		1910
creation date latest:		1920
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Howard M. Hanna, Mrs. Paul Moore, and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., in memory of Leonard C. Hanna
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	bronze
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Adolph Alexander Weinman (American, 1870–1952)  - sculptor
One of the leading architectural sculptors of early twentieth-century America, Weinman was brought to the United States at an early age. As a teenager in New York, he studied art and came to the attention of Saint-Gaudens. By the time he opened his own studio in 1904 Weinman had worked with many of the period's well-known sculptors, including Saint-Gaudens, Philip Martiny, Charles Niehaus, Olin Warner, and Daniel Chester French. Also in 1904 Weinman produced his first nationally recognized work, the heroic "Destiny of the Red Man," for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Capable of varying his technique according to the spirit of the undertaking, Weinman produced monuments, idealized allegorical figures, realistic portrait statues and busts, animal studies, and architectural reliefs, such as those on the Morgan Library and the Municipal Building in New York and the pediments for the National Archives in Washington. He also designed numerous medals and coins, including the United States dime and half dollar of 1916.
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measurements: Overall: 66 cm (26 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed (on base): ©A. A. WEINMAN FECIT
Numbered (under base): 10
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Sculpture in Public Places
	opening date:   1985-05-09T04:00:00
	<i>Sculpture in Public Places</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 9-September 15, 1985).

	title:		The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930
	opening date:   1986-08-12T04:00:00
	<i>The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12-October 19, 1986).

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CITATIONS

	Solender, Katherine. The American Way in Sculpture, 1890-1930. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	cat. no. 15, p. 23, reproduced
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