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Medusa Head, (sculpture). Artist:  McVey, William, 1905- , sculptor. Title:  Medusa Head, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Medusa, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated ca. July 1957. Relocated 2001. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 6 ft. x 18 in. Description:  A huge, blank face of the Medusa staring straight ahead. She has serpents entwined around her hair and hanging down on either side of her face. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Medusa Figure female -- Fragment -- Face Object Type:  Logo Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Cleveland Botanical Gardens, Woodland Gardens, Cleveland, Ohio Provenance:  Formerly located Medusa Cement Company, 3008 Monticello Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118 Remarks:  McVey created the cement Medusa head in 1957 to adorn the exterior of the Medusa Cement Corporation's headquarters, located at the corner of Lee and Monticello in Cleveland Heights. After the company closed, the piece was donated to the Gardens in 2001. For related information see Jane Boruff Tesso's "William M. McVey A Life in Sculpture: Retrospective Exhibition," Cleveland, OH: Case Western University, Mather Gallery, 1988, pg. 12 and the Stocker Center Gallery's exhibition catalog, "Architectural Sculpture by William M. McVey," Ohio: Lorain County Community College, Stocker Center Gallery, 1986, pg. 6. References:  Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 56. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993. The Sculpture Center, Fall 2002 (newsletter). Illustration:  Image on file. Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 56. 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 87830040   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87830040 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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