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(Sanctuary Doors), (sculpture). Artist:  McVey, William, 1905- , sculptor. Title:  (Sanctuary Doors), (sculpture). Dates:  1967. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Reliefs: bronze and aluminum, or pewter and brass; Panels: metal. Dimensions:  6 reliefs. Each relief: approx. 7 x 19 x 1/2 in.; Each panel: approx. 9 x 31 x 1/2 in.; Inscription:  W/MCV signed Description:  Six rectangular reliefs, each containing a row of abstract figures depicting a biblical scene, are attached to metal panels across three sets of doors. The relief panels extend across the middle of the doors from the metal door handles. Subject:  Abstract Figure group Religion -- New Testament Religion -- Old Testament Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights Relief Door Sculpture Owner:  Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 2757 Fairmount Boulevard, On sanctuary doors and tower doors, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118 Remarks:  The relief panels were donated by a Fairmount Presbyterian Church member. A related clipping in IAS files from Frances B. Bayless' "A Jubilee of Christian Service Past and Future, Seventy Fifth Anniversary, 1916-1991," Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 1992, pg. 30, 33, 59, 65, lists door media as pewter and brass, but Jane Boruff Tesso's "William M. McVey A Life in Sculpture: Retrospective Exhibition," Cleveland, OH: Case Western University, Mather Gallery, 1988, pg. 12, lists media as bronze and aluminum. IAS files contain a photocopy of artist's design sketch for the sanctuary doors. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993. 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 OH000544   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000544 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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