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    		• Beames, Stephen,
     
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    		• Chicago Art Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Animal -- Tiger
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
     
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    Flagpole, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Beames, Stephen, 1896- , sculptor.
    Chicago Art Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Flagpole, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Earle Flagpole, (sculpture).
    Tiger Flagpole, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1930. Dedicated June 9, 1931.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: brick and concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 62 in. x 62 in.; Base: approx. H. 65 in. x W. 12 in.
    Inscription: 
    Stephen Beames, Sr. 1930. (Inscribed:) Gift of Augusta D. Swart-Earle 1930 signed
    Description: 
    A flagpole, with four life-size tigers seated and emerging from the flagpole base. The flagpole is decorated with a design of Colorado columbine and rosettes; and on the base's octagonal sides, the Colorado College shield, seal, and motto (Scienta et Discipline). An eagle sits atop the pole. Four benches surround the flagpole.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Tiger
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Bench
    Flagstaff
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Colorado College, Physical Plant, 14 East Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
    Located Colorado College, Front of Cossitt Hall, Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
    Remarks: 
    The flagpole was a gift from Mrs. Augusta D. Swart-Earle as a memorial to her husband who was an instructor of business administration at Colorado College from 1929-1931. In August 1987, the flagpole was moved back about fifty feet from its original location. Additional information about the flagpole is available at Colorado College's Tutt Library, Special Collections, file ACIF: Earle Flagpole.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs 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 CO000164
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