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    		• Sangernebo, Alexander,
     
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    		• Foltz & Parker,
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Book Gnomes, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Sangernebo, Alexander, 1856-1930, sculptor.
    Foltz & Parker, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Book Gnomes, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1909.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Terra cotta on a terra cotta base.
    Dimensions: 
    2 figures. Each figure: approx. 3 x 2 x 2 ft.; Each base: approx. 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Above the Tudor-arched entrance on either side is a figure of a seated, hunched-over hooded monk with a comical face. The proper right figure appears to be reading the large book he holds; the proper left figure is only holding his book in front of him.
    Subject: 
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Occupation -- Religion -- Monk
    Object Type: 
    Architectural component
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Indianapolis-Marion County, East Washington Library, 2822 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46201
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1992.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 IN000124
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