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Flagpole Base Medallions, (sculpture). Artist:  Salieres, Sylvain, d.1920, sculptor. Title:  Flagpole Base Medallions, (sculpture). Dates:  1917. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  4 medallions. Each medallion: approx. Diam. 15 in.; Base: approx. Diam. 3 ft. Inscription:  (Lower edge of each medallion:) S. SALIERES 1917 (Top edge of medallion #1) PRIMITIVE DRAWING (Top edge of medallion #2:) PRIMITIVE LANGUAGE (Top edge of medallion #3:) PRIMITIVE CONSTRUCTION (Top edge of medallion #4:) PRIMITIVE MUSIC signed Description:  Four relief medallions representing the four disciplines of the Institute: Primitive Drawing, Primitive Construction, Primitive Music and Primitive Language. Primitive Language shows a figure communicating with his/her young. Primitive Drawing features a kneeling native american in profile next to a rock carved with a bison and two antelope. Primitive Music is illustrated with a seated female in profile playing a drum. A small child stands behind her holding several arrows. Primitive Construction is depicted with a bearded male in profile holding a triangle in his proper left hand an a compass in this proper right hand. In the foreground are two designs produced using the drawing instruments. Subject:  Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Drawing Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Architecture Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Figure male Figure group -- Family Ethnic -- Indian Object Type:  Medallion Flagstaff Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Sculpture Owner:  Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Remarks:  Iconography relates to cornice groups and portrait statues at entrance. References:  Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 167-169. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0194, 1989. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 226. 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 64480093   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 64480093 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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