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    		• Britton, Edgar,
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
     
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    		• Gate
     
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    The Sentinels, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Britton, Edgar, 1901-1982, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Sentinels, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Nov. 16, 1971.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Gates: bronze; Bases: moss rock set in concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    2 gates. Gates: each approx. 8 ft. x 10 ft. x 18 in.; Bases: each approx. 43 x 60 x 44 in.
    Inscription: 
    Edgar Britton signed
    Description: 
    Two gates of abstract bird figures, seeming to follow native American art forms, are on separate, rectangular bases, flanking the entranceway to a cemetery.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Animal -- Bird
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Allegory -- Other -- Vigilance
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
    Gate
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Air Force Academy, 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 351, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80840
    Located United States Air Force Academy, Entrance to National Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Remarks: 
    Donated by the Air Force Academy Foundation. IAS files contain a related 1992 letter from the Air Force Academy.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs 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 CO000395
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