Herakles in Ithaka I, 1980-1981
- Title:
- Herakles in Ithaka I, 1980-1981
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Seley, Jason (American sculptor and collagist, 1919-1983)
- Donor:
- Jason Seeley
- Photographer:
- H.C. Howland
- Date:
- 1981-1982
- Image Date:
- 2010-06-10
- Location:
- Courtyard between Uris Hall and the Statler Hotel, Cornell University
- ID Number:
- artsdb_3027
- File Name:
- artsdb_3027.jpg
- Work Type:
- statues, Statue of Hercules made of parts of steel automobile bumpers.
- Materials/Techniques:
- welded steel parts
- Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Measurement:
- 11 (feet, height)
- Description:
- A shining steel Hercules reclining on a dark steel pyramidal shaped pillar
Mr. Seley was born in Newark, N.J., and graduated from Cornell in 1940. He came to Manhattan to study with Ossip Zadkine at the Art Student League from 1943 to 1945. In 1949 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for a year's study in Paris.Mr. Seley, a professor of sculpture at Cornell since 1968, was chairman of the department of art from 1968 to 1973. He became dean of the college in 1980. He taught sculpture from 1965 to 1967 at New York University, and from 1953 to 1965 at Hofstra University. His wife was also an artist, the former Clara Kalnitsky. - Repository:
- The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.