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Lawrie, Lee Oskar,
Daly, Leo A.,
Sand, John,
Northwestern Terra Cotta Company,
Figure group -- Male
Figure male -- Child
Religion -- Angel
Portrait male -- Flanagan, Edward J.
Occupation -- Religion
Occupation -- Education
Occupation -- Industry
Sculpture
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Boys Town
Boys
Town
Relief on Auditorium, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor.
Daly, Leo A., architect.
Sand, John, sculptor.
Northwestern Terra Cotta Company, fabricator.
Title:
Boys
Town
Relief on Auditorium, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
ca. 1947-1950.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Terra cotta.
Dimensions:
H. 10 ft. x L. 52 ft.
Subject:
Figure group
--
Male
Figure male
--
Child
Religion
--
Angel
Portrait male
--
Flanagan, Edward J.
--
Full length
Occupation
--
Religion
--
Clergy
Occupation
--
Education
--
Student
Occupation
--
Industry
--
Construction
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, Auditorium,
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 field house, 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 the inventory listing prepared by Lee and his wife Millie Lawrie, two photographs of the installed relief, and a short paragraph written by 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 78720002
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Inventory of American Sculpture
78720002
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