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Blake, Mary Adelaide,
Allegory -- Quality
Allegory -- Life
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Lake Charles
Gravestone
Sculpture
Our Journey of Life: Hope, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Blake, Mary Adelaide, sculptor.
Title:
Our Journey of Life: Hope, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1964.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze; Gravestone: concrete and stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 4 ft. x 12 in. x 7 ft.; Gravestone: approx. 5 ft. x 12 ft. x 10 in.
Inscription:
(On gravestone:) BEHOLD/WHAT MANNER/OF LOVE THE FATHER/HAS BESTOWED UPON US/THAT WE SHOULD BE/CALLED SONS OF GOD/THEREFORE THE WORLD KNOWS/(more inscriptions) BELOVED, NOW ARE WE/THE SONS OF GOD, AND IT/DOES NOT YET APPEAR WHAT WE/SHALL BE/(more inscriptions)/AND EVERY MAN THAT HAS THIS/HOPE IN HIM PURIFIES HIMSELF/EVEN AS HE IS PURE. unsigned
Description:
A thin, spiky abstraction of the prow of a ship juts through a large opening in a walled gravestone, with a fish-like tail found at the other end.
Subject:
Allegory
--
Quality
--
Hope
Allegory
--
Life
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Louisiana
--
Lake
Charles
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Consolata Cemetery, 2300 Country Club Road, P. O. Box 5158-70606,
Lake
Charles
,
Louisiana
70605
References:
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Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Louisiana
survey, 1996.
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 LA000304
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
LA000304
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