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Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Gaston, Robert, sculptor. Title:  Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Sept. 26, 1976. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze or brass; Base: limestone and concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 10 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 45 x 17 x 18 in. Inscription:  (In script on side of sculpture, incised:) Like leaves on trees, the rose of bees is found/Now green in youth, now withering on the ground;/Another race the spring or fall supplies;/They droop successive, and successive rise./Langstroth after Homer unsigned Description:  Stylized beespace with nine slices cut nearly through it. Subject:  Abstract Homage -- Langstroth, Lorenzo Lorraine Animal -- Insect -- Bee Occupation -- Science Literature -- Langstroth Literature -- Homer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Oxford Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Miami University, Department of Physical Facilities, Cole Services Building, Oxford, Ohio 45056 Located Miami University, 303 Patterson Avenue, Langstroth House, Oxford, Ohio Remarks:  Commissioned by the Langstroth Memorial Committee, partly to honor their victory in saving the home where Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth conducted his research. The artist, Robert Gaston, taught sculpture at Miami University at the time the sculpture was commissioned. Mr. Langstroth, 1810-1895, the father of modern beekeeping, lived at the house where the sculpture is located from 1858 to 1885, where he developed the modern "beespace" beehive. Spaces in the sculpture are the same dimensions as those in the movable comb hive developed by Langstroth. The Langstroth House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. IAS files contain a related article from American Bee Journal 116 (Nov. 1976), pg. 507. IAS files also contain transcriptions to nearby plaques. SOS! survey lists media as bronze; American Bee Journal lists media as brass. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. American Bee Journal 116, no. 11, (Nov. 1976), cover. 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 OH000238   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000238 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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