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Relief of Architecture, (sculpture). Artist:  Recchia, Richard H., 1885-1983, sculptor. Title:  Relief of Architecture, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Builder, (sculpture). Designer, (sculpture). Dates:  1914. Digital Reference:  Dimensions:  Relief: approx. W. 24 ft. Description:  This relief is one of three allegorical relief panels installed above the Fenway Avenue entrance to the museum's Evans Wing. Recchia's relief depicting an allegorical representation of Architecture is on the far left side of the facade. His panel features of two nude male figures kneeling back to back on either side of a relief depicting an angel's face and a garland draped between two fluted columns. The male figure on the left is the Builder and he kneels beside a small building adorned with columns. He holds a mallet in his proper left hand and in his proper right hand he holds a chisel against the side of the small building. The figure the right is the Designer and he also kneels beside a small building adorned with columns. He measures the building using a caliper held in his proper right hand. Recchia's relief panel is accompanied by Frederick Warren Allen's relief panel on the far right side of the facade (IAS record MA000211) and Bela Lyon Pratt's relief panel in the center (IAS record 76007545). Subject:  Figure group -- Nude Figure group -- Male Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Architecture Object -- Art Tool -- Caliper Object -- Art Tool -- Chisel Object -- Art Tool -- Mallet Architecture exterior -- Classical Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston Sculpture Owner:  Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Above Evans Wing entrance, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997. 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 76007600   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76007600 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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