Wild Boars

Heinz Warneke, Wild Boars, ca. 1931, marble, 18 3413 7826 38 in. (47.735.367.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Heinz Warneke, 1993.44.1

Artwork Details

Title
Wild Boars
Date
ca. 1931
Dimensions
18 3413 7826 38 in. (47.735.367.0 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Heinz Warneke
Mediums
Mediums Description
marble
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — pig
Object Number
1993.44.1

Artwork Description

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.

Works by this artist (7 items)

Heinz Warneke, Wild Boars, ca. 1931, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Heinz Warneke, 1993.44.1
Wild Boars
Dateca. 1931
marble
On view
Heinz Warneke, Elegance, ca. 1927, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Julia Bretzman, 1972.171
Elegance
Dateca. 1927
marble
On view
Heinz Warneke, Boars (Three Heads), n.d., pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Heinz Warneke, 1993.44.2
Boars (Three Heads)
Daten.d.
pencil on paper
Not on view
Heinz Warneke, Sketches for Tiger After His Meal, ca. 1929, pencil and ink wash on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Heinz Warneke, 1993.44.4
Sketches for Tiger After His Meal
Dateca. 1929
pencil and ink wash on paper
Not on view

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