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Calder, Alexander Stirling,
Zantzinger, Borie and Medary,
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Written Matter
Mythology -- Classical
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Henry Charles Lea Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945, sculptor.
Zantzinger, Borie and Medary, architectural firm.
Title:
Henry Charles Lea Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
1911.
Medium:
Bronze.
Inscription:
(Front behind figure:) HENRY/CHARLES/LEA VERITATEV/HISTORY (...transcription illegible).
Description:
The figure of Cleo, sitting in an architectural frame, looking down. She is holding a large book up on her lap.
Subject:
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- History
Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Mythology -- Classical -- Muse
Object Type:
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Zantzinger and Borie did the frame around Calder's figure of Cleo.
References:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974.
Illustration:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 44, 45.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 88320018
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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