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    		• Bitter, Karl,
     
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    		• Animal -- Lion
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Newark
     
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    Prudential Lions, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bitter, Karl, 1867-1915, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Prudential Lions, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1892. Dedicated 1958.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Lions: concrete; Bases: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    2 lions. Each lion: approx. 70 x 31 x 40 in.; Each base: approx. 16 x 42 x 55 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on front of each base, raised:) PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS OF ESSEX COUNTY/BY THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA/FROM 1892 TO 1958, MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY, THIS LION, WITH/ITS TWIN COMPANION, SCULPTURED BY KARL BITTER, STOOD GUARD/OVER THE DOORWAY OF THE FIRST PRUDENTIAL BUILDING IN NEWARK/AT 763 BROAD STREET, CORNER OF BANK STREET. THEY HAVE WITNESSED/THE GROWTH OF NEWARK FROM A TOWN TO A METROPOLIS.
    Description: 
    Two seated male lions, each with a front paw resting on a sphere. Each lion sits atop its own base with an inscribed plaque.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Lion
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Newark
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Branch Brook Park, Newark, New Jersey
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Prudential Insurance Company of America, 763 Broad Street, Mounted over the doorway, Newark New Jersey 1892-1958.
    Remarks: 
    Presented by the Prudential Insurance Company of America. Originally set over the doorway of the first Prudential building in Newark, New Jersey, 1892-1958.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
    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 NJ000171
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