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(White Chapel Cemetery Facade Sculpture), (sculpture). Artist:  Bremer, Hester, sculptor. Title:  (White Chapel Cemetery Facade Sculpture), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Mother Earth, Youth, & Old Age, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1929. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Marble. Dimensions:  Mother Earth, Youth & Old Age relief: approx. 6 x 22 x 1 ft. Description:  Art Deco style architectural decoration on building facade includes a relief depicting Mother Earth, Old Age and Youth, placed above building entrance; and above them, closer to roofline of building, two winged figures at each corner, one holding a torch. In the lower relief, Mother Earth stands in the center, barefoot, with ankle-length robe, arms outstretched to the sides. On her proper left is a figure of Youth, a young barefoot boy, wearing robes holding a scroll in his proper left hand. He stands beside a willow tree or fountain, some greenery and an antelope lying down. On Mother Earth's proper right side, is a smaller figure of Old Age seen in profile, standing barefoot and dressed in robes. He stands beside a deciduous tree and a lion lying down. Subject:  Figure group Allegory -- Element -- Earth Allegory -- Other -- Nature Allegory -- Life -- Youth Allegory -- Life -- Old Age Animal -- Lion Animal -- Antelope Landscape -- Tree Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Troy Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by White Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Administration Office, 901 Wilshire Drive, Suite 205, Troy, Michigan 48084 Located White Chapel Cemetery, 621 West Long Lake Road, Facade, Troy, Michigan 48098 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. Building cornerstone is dated 1929. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1994. 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 MI000316   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000316 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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