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Figure group -- Female
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Other
Animal -- Bird
Object -- Other
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- New Albany
Pediment
Sculpture
West Entrance Figures, Pediment Figures, Former Carnegie Library, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
West Entrance Figures, Pediment Figures, Former Carnegie Library, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Pediment Figures, Former Carnegie Library, (sculpture).
Medium:
Sculptures: limestone.
Dimensions:
2 sculptures. West entrance sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 10 ft. x 20 in.; South entrance sculpture: approx. 4 1/2 ft. x 12 ft. x 16 in.
Inscription:
(West entrance sculpture, in cartouche:) BOOKS/ARE THE PRECIOUS/LIFE BLOOD OF MASTER/SPIRITS EMBALMED AND/TREASURED UP TO A/LIFE BEYOND/LIFE/(raised lettering:) LIBRARY HALL
Description:
Two architectural sculptures, each with two females in classical garb, are mounted above the west and south (main) entrances of the Floyd County Museum. The west entrance figures stand flanking a round cartouche, each holding a long staff with a torch on the end. Their inner hands are rest upon the cartouche, which is decorated with foliage around the bottom. The south entrance sculpture is within a pediment, with the females seated back-to-back flanking a wreath cartouche encompassing an eagle with spread wings. Each figure holds a spear in the inner hand.
Subject:
Figure group -- Female
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Object -- Other -- Torch
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object -- Other -- Wreath
Object -- Weapon -- Spear
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- New Albany
Pediment
Sculpture
Owner:
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, Floyd County Museum, 201 East Spring Street, West & south facades, New Albany, Indiana 47150
Provenance:
Formerly located Carnegie Library, 201 East Spring Street, West & south facades, New Albany, Indiana
Remarks:
The museum was formerly the Carnegie Library, erected in 1902. IAS files contain only a photo of the west entrance sculpture.
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 IN000925
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IN000925
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