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St. Joseph and Relief Panels, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  St. Joseph and Relief Panels, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Saint Joseph and Relief Panels, (sculpture). Medium:  Figure: limestone; Platform: limestone. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 82 x 28 x 15 in.; Platform: approx. 15 in. x 3 ft. x 18 in.; Each relief panel: approx. 30 x 22 x 2 in. Inscription:  (Incised on bottom of relevant relief panel, from left to right:) ANNUNCIATION VISITATION NATIVITY THE PRESENTATION FOUND IN THE TEMPLE Description:  Saint Joseph, depicted as a younger man, stands wearing robes, short hair and a beard, holding a lily in his proper right hand and a saw in his proper left hand, the blade of which rests by his foot. Saint Joseph stands in a covered niche on the facade of a church, mounted on a platform that juts out. Beneath the niche are a row of five rectangular relief panels with symbols depicting events in the life of Christ, including, from left to right: "Annunciation" -- a lily with a dove above it; "Visitation" -- a pair of doves over two pairs of hands that are reaching for one another; "Nativity" -- a five-pointed star radiating over a flowering plant, possibly poppies; "The Presentation" -- a candle with radiating light, infant Jesus with halo in the left corner, dressed in a robe and being held up by a pair of hands; "Found in the Temple" -- an arch in the background, and young Jesus with an unfurled scroll in his proper right hand, and a palm leaf in his proper left hand. Subject:  Religion -- Saint -- St. Joseph Religion -- New Testament -- Christ Religion -- New Testament -- Annunciation Religion -- New Testament -- Visitation Religion -- New Testament -- Nativity Religion -- New Testament -- Presentation in the Temple Object -- Flower -- Lily Object -- Flower -- Poppy Object -- Tool -- Saw Animal -- Bird -- Dove Figure -- Fragment -- Hand Object -- Other -- Candlestick Landscape -- Celestial -- Star Object -- Foliage -- Palm Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Architecture -- Detail -- Arch Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Tipton Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Sisters of St. Joseph, Route 3, Box 291A, In niche on south facade of church, Tipton, Indiana 46072 Remarks:  The church was dedicated in 1957. 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 IN000511   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000511 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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