(Rabb Hall Relief Figures), (sculpture).

(Rabb Hall Relief Figures), (sculpture).

Choate, Nathaniel, 1899-1965, sculptor.

(Rabb Hall Relief Figures), (sculpture).

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Approx. 43 x 91 x 5 in.

(Lower left corner of relief block, incised lettering:) NAT.CHOATE/1959 signed

A wall relief depicting three nude figures among the heavens. In the center is a larger male with streaming hair, moving to the right with his proper left hand extended forward. Behind him to the left is a male with streaming hair, reaching upwards to the sun. On the right is a female reaching upwards to a crescent moon. All figures rest on a bank of clouds, surrounding a spheroid shape, perhaps a planet.

Figure group -- Nude

Allegory -- Place -- Extraterrestrial

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Bloomington

Architectural component

Administered by Indiana University, Architect's Office, 700 North Walnut Grove, Service Building, Bloomington, Indiana 47405

Located Indiana University, Rabb Hall, Nellie Showers Teter Quadrangle, Bloomington, Indiana 47405

Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

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