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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Lawrie, Lee Oskar,     Daly, Leo A.,     Sand, John,     Northwestern Terra Cotta Company,     Figure group -- Male     Recreation -- Sport & Play     Recreation -- Sport & Play     Recreation -- Sport & Play     Recreation -- Sport & Play     Recreation -- Sport & Play     Recreation -- Sport & Play     Sculpture     Relief     Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Boys Town

Boys Town Reliefs on Field House, (sculpture). Artist:  Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor. Daly, Leo A., architect. Sand, John, sculptor. Northwestern Terra Cotta Company, fabricator. Title:  Boys Town Reliefs on Field House, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1947-1950. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Terra cotta. Dimensions:  2 reliefs. Each: L. 52 ft. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Baseball Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Football Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Tennis Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Boxing Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Track & Field Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Archery Object Type:  Sculpture Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Boys Town Owner:  Administered by Boys Town National Headquarters, 14100 Crawford Street, Skip Palrang Memorial Field House, Boys Town, Nebraska 68010 Located Boys Town National Headquarters, Skip Palrang Memorial Fieldhouse, Boys Town, Nebraska 68010 Remarks:  Leo Daly, the architect who designed all the buildings at Boys Town, invited sculptor Lee Lawrie to design the reliefs for the gymnasium fieldhouse, the auditorium, and the trade school. Northwestern Terra Cotta Company had the contract to enlarge the reliefs and John Sand was the sculptor who did the enlargement of the models for the reliefs. Additional information about the reliefs is available at Boys Town National Headquarters. IAS files contain excerpts from the Lee Lawrie Papers at the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, showing a short paragraph written by Lawrie and the inventory listing prepared by Lee and his wife Millie Lawrie. References:  Harm, Greg, 2011. 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 78720001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 78720001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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