Installation of a sculpture at the Irene Walter Johnson Institute of Rehabilitaiton, Washington University Medical Center.

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Installation of a sculpture at the Irene Walter Johnson Institute of Rehabilitaiton, Washington University Medical Center.

• 1959 (Creation)

Photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.

Untitled abstract sculpture by William H.M. Talbot, 1964. Concrete and glass, 64 x 38 x 20 inches with a 3 inch cylindrical metal base mounted on an 84 inch wood plinth. An inscription on the flagstone floor in front of the plinth reads “ IN MEMORY / JOHN CLEVELAND TALBOT / 1891-1962 .” A legend inscribed in stone molding 5 x 111 inches long and set into the brick wall of a staircase adjacent to the sculpture reads: “ CARING IS THE GREAT THING - CARING MATTERS MOST .” John Cleveland Talbot (1891-1962) was the father of the sculptor and an assistant to Washington University Chancellor Arthur Holly Compton in the 1950s. John Talbot was responsible for interesting the Johnson family in contributing toward the construction of the Irene Walter Johnson Institute of Rehabilitation building, which is named for the wife of Oscar Johnson, a president of International Shoe Company. The Talbot family donated the work.

The collection is open and accessible for research.

Preferred Citation:

Item description, Reference Code, Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.