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Bronze Doors at the Alabama Archives and History Building, (sculpture). Artist:  Ivone, Arthur, 1894- , sculptor. Glick, Nathan H., designer. Michaels Art Bronze Company, founder. Warren, Knight and Davis, architectural firm. Title:  Bronze Doors at the Alabama Archives and History Building, (sculpture). Dates:  1939-1940. Dedicated June 15, 1940. Relocated 1986. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  2 doors. Each: approx. 126 1/2 x 45 1/2 x 3 in. Inscription:  (On lower right panels:) Nathan Glick/Des./A. Ivone/Sc. (On left door, from top to bottom:) 1540/1704/1763/1813 (On right door, from top to bottom:) 1817/1830/1861/WELCOME/1919 signed Description:  A pair of doors with eight bas-relief panels, four per door, depicts Alabama's history. The panel titles/themes are the Meeting of De Soto and Chief Tuscaloosa, the Arrival of the Bride Ship, Pelican, in Mobile, the British take Mobile, Stars and Stripes Raised in Mobile, Alabama Territory Settled, First Railroad in Alabama, First Capitol of the Confederacy and World War I Heroes Return. Panels are framed with a narrow band of lozenge molding enclosed by a wider modified egg and dart molding. Subject:  History -- United States -- Alabama History -- United States -- Revolution History -- United States -- War of 1812 History -- United States -- Civil War History -- United States -- World War I Portrait male -- Tuscaloosa, Chief -- Full length Portrait male -- Soto, Hernando de -- Full length Portrait male -- Davis, Jefferson -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian Ethnic -- Spanish Object Type:  Door Relief Sculpture Owner:  State of Alabama, Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Milo B. Howard Jr. Auditorium, Montgomery, Alabama 36130 Remarks:  The idea for the doors was conceived by Marie Bankhead Owen, Director of the Archives, in 1939. The doors were moved indoors in 1986. IAS files contain a related article from the Montgomery Advertiser, Sept. 3, 1992, the notes and program to a lecture given by Nathan Glick in 1992, an ADAH pamphlet on the doors, and a detailed explanation of each panel. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama 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 AL000332   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AL000332 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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