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Abbot Road Entrance Marker, (sculpture). Artist:  Cashwan, Samuel Adolph, 1900- , sculptor. Title:  Abbot Road Entrance Marker, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Michigan State College Monolith, (sculpture). Dates:  1938. Installed July 1039. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  Relief: approx. 8 x 5 x 1 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 20 in. x 13 ft. 10 in. x 16 in. Inscription:  (On front upper right corner:) MICHIGAN/STATE COLLEGE (On front of base:) CLASS 1938 unsigned Description:  A tall rectangular relief panel at the entrance to the college features allegorical figures representing Agriculture and a tall fluted column representing the Cultural Arts. To the right of the column a man stands beside a horse, resting his proper arm on a horse. Seated at his feet is a woman holding a sheaf of wheat. Stone curbing that extends from either side of the base is adorned with a border of acorns and seeds. Subject:  Figure group Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Animal -- Horse Object -- Foliage -- Wheat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- East Lansing Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Michigan State University, Division of Campus Park and Planning, 412 Olds Hall, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 Located Michigan State University, Abbot Road & Grand River Avenue, entrance to campus, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 Remarks:  The relief was created through the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. When the relief was installed, the inscription at the top was damaged and had to be recarved. Later the word "MICHIGAN" was removed from the same inscription, but was replaced in 1976-1977. IAS files contain articles from Michigan State College's The Record (July 1939): pg. 9 and (July 1938): pg. 15; and Michigan State College's Honor Roll (1976-1977): pg. 4. References:  Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, 1990. Hendry, Fay L., "Outdoor Sculpture in Lansing," Okemos, Michigan: iota Press, 1980, pg. 108. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Hendry, Fay L., "Outdoor Sculpture in Lansing," Okemos, Michigan: iota Press, 1980, pg. 108. 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 24310032   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 24310032 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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