Bust of George Gough Booth
Mario Korbel modelled this bust of George Gough Booth at Cranbrook in the summer of 1923. Sitting for his portrait at the age of fifty-nine, George Booth’s face shows the marks of his age, while his solemn expression conveys the weight of his responsibilities, as head of Booth Newspapers and co-founder of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts. George Booth was an enthusiastic patron of Korbel, with whom he corresponded frequently about his ongoing projects for Cranbrook House and its grounds.
A photograph of the bust was published in Town and Country magazine in 1925, much to George Booth’s annoyance, who would have preferred to avoid the spotlight. Korbel apologized, explaining that he thought Booth had given permission for its publication, adding “I myself think it looks very distinguish [sic].”
Mariam Hale
2023-2025 Collections Fellow
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
January 2024
ProvenanceGeorge Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth (1923-1949)
Cranbrook Foundation (1949-1973)
Cranbrook Educational Community (1973-present)
Credit LineCranbrook Center for Collections and Research
Cultural Properties Collection, Founders Collection
Bequest of George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth through the Cranbrook Foundation
Medium / MaterialsBronze
SignedSigned: Mario Korbel,1923
GenreObject TypeBusts (sculpture)
Select Bibliography and Archival Citation(s)Appraisal by Stalker & Boos (1975). Series II: Appraisals and Inventories. George Gough and Ellen Warren Scripps Booth Financial Records (1981-02). Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
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