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Pierre & Wright,
Occupation -- Sport
Figure male -- Full length
Figure group -- Male
Landscape -- Celestial
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Architectural component
Sculpture
(Art Deco Relief Panels of Baseball Players), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Pierre & Wright, architectural firm.
Title:
(Art Deco Relief Panels of Baseball Players), (sculpture).
Dates:
1931.
Medium:
Limestone.
Dimensions:
2 panels. Each: approx. 85 x 42 x 3 in.
Description:
Two bas-relief panels, which are mirror images of each other, over the outer entrances to a baseball stadium. Each depicts a baseball batter in his follow-through after having swung his bat, a fielder behind him, and the sun above them.
Subject:
Occupation -- Sport -- Baseball
Figure male -- Full length
Figure group -- Male
Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Architectural component
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Indianapolis Indians Baseball, 1501 West 16th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
Located Bush Stadium, Off Waterway Boulevard south of 16th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
Remarks:
Immediately above each of the two outermost entrances are circular medallions approximately two feet in diameter which feature the letters P and S, stylized and intertwined. In addition, between the reliefs are five rectangular medallions each depicting the head of an Indian chief, crossed bats and a catcher's mitt. Bush Stadium was formerly known as Perry Stadium.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
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 IN000282
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IN000282
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