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Stiff, Cecil,
Animal -- Lion
Folk
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Jackson
Sculpture
(Lions on Steps), (sculpture).
Artist:
Stiff
,
Cecil
,
sculptor
. (
possibly
by)
Title:
(Lions on Steps), (sculpture).
Dates:
1927.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Concrete, painted gold and brown, and glass.
Dimensions:
2 lions. (First lion: approx. H. 35 in. x D. 51 in.) (Second lion: approx. H. 32 in. x D. 43 in.); Each base: 4 x 31 x 48 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Two roaring concrete lions painted gold and brown with glass eyes, flanking a stairway.
Subject:
Animal -- Lion
Object Type:
Folk
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Jackson
Sculpture
Owner:
Redwood Court, 1434 Terry Road, Jackson, Mississippi 39204
Remarks:
The sculpture, one of several animals at the site, may have been done by a black folk artist
Cecil
Stiff
; or, per a former owner of Redwood Inn, by a German artist for the zoo, although it was never placed there.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi 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 MS000100
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MS000100
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