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Robinson, Charles M.,
Allegory -- Quality
Figure -- Bust
Object -- Furniture
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Other
Architecture -- Boat
Emblem -- Seal
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond
Architectural component
Relief
Sculpture
Baker School Ornamentation, (sculpture).
Artist:
Robinson
,
Charles
M.,
architect
.
Title:
Baker School Ornamentation, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Baker School Sculpture, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1935.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Concrete.
Dimensions:
Circular relief: approx. Diam. 4 ft.; Each rectangular relief: approx. H. 3 ft. x W. 2 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Four relief panels on school with Art Deco style facade. On stairway entrance wall is a circular relief representing knowledge, with images of a lamp with smoke trail rising from it; books and dividers; an inkwell and quill; and a steamship. On the school facade, above the circular relief, are three rectangular bas-relief panels. The center rectangular panels depicts the head of a classical figure wearing an ornate headpiece. The right panel depicts the Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the left panel depicts the Seal of the City of Richmond.
Subject:
Allegory -- Quality -- Prudence
Figure -- Bust
Object -- Furniture -- Lamp
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object -- Other -- Writing Tool
Architecture -- Boat -- Steamer
Emblem -- Seal
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond
Architectural component
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Richmond Public Schools, 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219
Located Baker School, Baker & St. Paul Streets, central wing, Richmond, Virginia
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
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 VA000383
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
VA000383
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