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Alferez, Enrique,
Figure group
Occupation -- Medicine
State of Being -- Illness
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Relief
Architectural component
Sculpture
(Relief Around Top of Building), (sculpture).
Artist:
Alferez, Enrique, 1901-1999, sculptor.
Title:
(Relief Around Top of Building), (sculpture).
Dates:
1936-1939.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Limestone.
Dimensions:
Each relief: approx. 2 ft. x 4 ft. x 6 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Narrow rectangular reliefs depicting scenes of doctors at work are installed on the exterior wall above the hospital's emergency entrance. One relief depicts a doctor sitting at a table taking notes as he looks through a
microscope
, a man and woman stand in the background. Another relief depicts a doctor placing a stethoscope to the chest of a kneeling man, two figures stand in the background.
Subject:
Figure group
Occupation
--
Medicine
--
Doctor
State of Being
--
Illness
Object
--
Other
--
Microscope
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Louisiana
--
New Orleans
Relief
Architectural component
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Louisiana Health Care Authority, P. O. Box 39471, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821
Located Charity Hospital of Louisiana, 1532 Tulane Avenue, Over emergency entrance, New Orleans, Louisiana
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans 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 LA000372
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Inventory of American Sculpture
LA000372
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