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Brooklyn Public Library: Screen, (sculpture). Artist:  Jones, Thomas Hudson, 1892-1969, sculptor. Githins, Alfred Morton, architect. Keally, Francis, architect. Title:  Brooklyn Public Library: Screen, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Screen, (sculpture). Bronze Grille, h(sculpture). Dates:  1938-39. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 40 ft. Description:  Above the entrance are fifteen bronze panels arranged in three vertical rows to create a decorative screen depicting characters and authors from American fiction. From top to bottom: (left side) Hester Prynne, Babe the Blue Ox, Rip Van Winkle, Moby Dick, Tom Sawyer; (center) Don Marquis, Hiawatha, Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby, Walt Whitman, Wynken, Blynken, and Nod; (right side) Louisa May Alcott's Meg, Jack London's White Fang, James Fenimore Cooper's Natty Bumppo, Edgar Allan Poe's Raven, and the narrator of "Two Years before the Mast," Charles Dana. Subject:  Portrait male -- Whitman, Walt Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Literature -- Character -- Hester Prynne Literature -- Hawthorne -- Scarlet Letter Literature -- Character -- Babe the Blue Ox Literature -- Character -- Hiawatha Literature -- Longfellow -- Song of Hiawatha Literature -- Character -- Tom Sawyer Literature -- Twain -- Huckleberry Finn Literature -- Character -- Rip Van Winkle Literature -- Irving -- Rip Van Winkle Literature -- Character -- Moby Dick Literature -- Melville -- Moby Dick Literature -- Character -- Don Marquis Literature -- Character -- Brer Rabbit Literature -- Character -- Tar Baby Literature -- Harris -- Uncle Remus Literature -- Character -- Wynken Literature -- Character -- Blynken Literature -- Character -- Nod Literature -- Field -- Wynken, Blynken and Nod Literature -- Character -- Meg Literature -- Alcott -- Little Women Literature -- Character -- White Fang Literature -- London -- Call of the Wild Literature -- Character -- Natty Bumppo Literature -- Cooper Literature -- Character -- Raven Literature -- Poe -- Raven Literature -- Dana -- Two Years before the Mast Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn Sculpture Owner:  Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Entrance, Brooklyn, New York 11238 Remarks:  IAS files contain a copy of a 1942 library brochure which includes transcriptions of the quotations by Roscoe and other famous authors that appear on the exterior of the building. For related information see Brown, Roscoe, C. E., "Brooklyn Public Library," Chicago: Lakeside Press. Alfred Morton Githins and Francis Keally are the architects who took over the design of the library in 1937. References:  Tampa Museum of Art, 1980. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Howarth, Shirley Reiff, "C. Paul Jennewein: Sculptor," Florida: Tampa Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 122-3. 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 65020105   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 65020105 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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