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 Title:
Medici Facade
Artist:
Walter S. Arnold
Commissioned
by: Hans Morsbach -- Medici Restaurant Owner
Location:
Medici Restaurant, 57th between Kimbark and Kenwood
Medium:
Limestone
Commentary:
The University of Chicago is the main institution in Hyde Park.
Its buildings are of a design called "Gothic" and feature
many amazing figures of small monsters called gargoyles.
Hans Morsbach's Medici is a playful joke on the University. Its
gargoyles depict monsters--eating pizza! One of its sculptures
seems to represent a medieval bishop, but the bishop is Hans Morsbach
himself.
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