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November 2, 2014 by tomdalzell

Representational Sculpture

I have 234 photographs of sculpture in Berkeley yards.  I think that it is time to start posting some of them.  I have posted photos of yards which serve as galleries for the sculptors who live within the homes with the yards, but until this moment have not ventured into individual sculptures.

Here are a couple dozen examples of representational sculpture, gifted to the street and to those who pass by.  By “representational” I mean nothing more than sculptures that are clearly recognizable for what they purport to be.

1397 Walnut ("Raleigh Fingers" by Eva Kavaler)

1397 Walnut (“Raleigh Fingers” by Evy Kavaler, circa 1970)

1611 California

1611 California (“Paul” by Jane Copp, 1973; “Suggah the Shepherd” by Nancy Graham, 2013)

729 Virginia

729 Virginia

1302 Bancroft

1302 Bancroft

2400 Acton

2400 Acton

2909 Piedmont

2909 Piedmont

107 Panoramic

107 Panoramic

 

2935 Elmwood Court

2935 Elmwood Court

2935 Elmwood Court

2935 Elmwood Court

2935 Elmwood Court

2935 Elmwood Court

2962 Russell

2962 Russell (“Eurydice” by Berta Margoulles, 1960)

815 The Alameda

815 The Alameda

164 San Antonio

1864 San Antonio

164 San Antonio

1864 San Antonio

1302 Bancroft

1302 Bancroft

1500 Edith (not obscured by fence)

1500 Edith (now obscured by fence)

1500 Edith (not obscured by fence)

1500 Edith (not obscured by fence)

1501 Milvia

1501 Milvia

1501 Milvia

1501 Milvia

1607 Berkeley Way

1607 Berkeley Way

1607 Berkeley Way

1607 Berkeley Way

1619 Alcatraz

1619 Alcatraz

1853 San Juan

1853 San Juan

1853 San Juan

1853 San Juan

2318 Acton

2318 Acton

 

1510 Henry

1510 Henry

I showed the photos to my friend.  Any discussion of sculpture will lead him to a discussion of László Tóth.

Laslo-Toth-Zippy-1300

On 21 May 1972, László Tóth took a geologist’s hammer to Michelangelo’s Pieta in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.  He severed Mary’s arm at the elbow, took a chunk out of her nose, and chipped an eyelid.  Tóth was subdued by bystanders.

This is where my friend gets heated.  “I was THERE.  The press said that Bob Cassilly was the first one to get Tóth off the statue.  Not true.  It was me.  I did.  He was there, sure, but I grabbed the dude and pulled him down.  I was under the pile in the photo, that’s the only reason you don’t see me except for my arm pulling him in the bottom right of the photo.  That’s me.”

The story didn’t end there – I knew, I’d heard it before.  He visited Tóth at the psychiatric hospital after the attack and they had a long conversation about Tóth’s belief that he was Jesus Christ.

I called for a time out and asked my friend about the sculpture photos.  I said that I would talk as long as he wanted about defacement and destruction of famous works of art, but I  first wanted his opinion of the sculpture photos.  He was happy to comply.   His verdict?

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