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(Bailey Magnet School Auditorium Sculpture), (sculpture). Artist:  Barras, Joseph, sculptor. Town, A. Hayes, architect. Overstreet, N. W., architect. Title:  (Bailey Magnet School Auditorium Sculpture), (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1936-1937. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. 7 x 9 x 2 ft. Inscription:  (On front of base:) MCMXXXVII Description:  Group of full-length figures in classical dress representing the arts and sciences. Central figure is seated male with a beard, wearing sandals and draped from the waist down. He has his arms around the two figures standing next to him. On his proper right is a standing bearded male figure dressed in robes with books at his feet, and a seated female figure in a long dress holding a lyre. To his proper left is a standing female figure in a long dress holding a mask of tragedy, and a seated male figure with drapery at his waist holding a chisel and mallet. Figures are on a base against a wall at the front of school auditorium entrance. Subject:  Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Drama Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Literature Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- History Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Poetry Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music Figure group Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lyre Dress -- Costume -- Mask Object -- Art Tool -- Chisel Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Jackson Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Jackson Public Schools, 662 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39202 Located Bailey Magnet School, 1900 North State Street, Jackson, Mississippi Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. Bailey Magnet School was formerly known as Bailey Junior High School. IAS files contain article from Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), April 9, 1972, pg. 4-C, which gives architectural history of school, but doesn't mention sculpture. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi 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 MS000136   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000136 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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