Muninseok

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Creation Date

Sculpture creation date: 1392-1910

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Description

Black and white photograph of a stone statue originally identified as a Korean scholar standing on a gravel-covered rooftop terrace. This piece may actually be a Muninseok, a statue of a civil official from the Joseon dynasty (1392 to 1910), often placed in pairs as tomb guardians. The photograph shows a single upright stone sculpture of a robed Korean male in three-quarter view, positioned on a gravel-covered rooftop with a modern building wall and windows behind it. The figure sits or stands rigidly upright with both hands held together at chest level. The facial features are placid, the shoulders rounded. The long robe falls in folds to a rectangular base. The background suggesting an urban setting. Original provenance indicates the sculptures originate in Kyonggi-Do Province, Korea, dating from about 1400 to 1960 when they were removed by Dr. Sinder. They were donated in 1980 as a gift to the people of Portland by Leon and Mary Sinder in esteem for Peter and Terry Greer. Portland, Maine. 1994. Unidentified, photographer. (See p16976-p17020)(NA4800.)

Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) (1990-1995) was a nationwide survey that ran from 1990-1995 documenting America’s outdoor sculpture. Established in 1990, SOS! helped educate local communities about America’s endangered sculptural heritage. The Maine Arts Commission was one of 106 organizations to participate in this survey.

Topic

Sculpture

Collection

MF161

Series Number

NA4800

Identifier

p17015

Recommended Citation

"Muninseok" (1994). Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Image Gallery. 828.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/nafoh_gallery/828

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Existence and Location of Originals

Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.