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    		• Anthony, Lawrence,
     
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    		• Martin Machine & Supply Company,
     
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    		• Ralph L. Jackson Corporation,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Mythology -- Classical
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Memphis
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Dramatis Personae: Medea, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Anthony, Lawrence, 1934- , sculptor.
    Martin Machine & Supply Company, fabricator.
    Ralph L. Jackson Corporation, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Dramatis Personae: Medea, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Medea, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned Feb. 8, 1978.; 1978-1979.; Dedicated June 20, 1983.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Cor-Ten steel plate.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 8 ft. x 8 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 6 in. x 5 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On base front: plaque with name of sculpture) unsigned
    Description: 
    Made up of flat shapes which are bent, curved, and slotted to form the standing figure of a woman. The figure wears a long, flowing robe and holds a dagger in her proper right hand.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Abstract
    Mythology -- Classical -- Medea
    Object -- Weapon -- Dagger
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Memphis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Theater Memphis, 630 Perkins Ext., P. O. Box 240117, West entrance, Memphis, Tennessee 38117
    Remarks: 
    For related articles see, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), Sept. 15, 1979; Press Scimitar (Memphis, TN), Feb. 8, 1978; Press Scimitar (Memphis, TN), Sept. 7, 1979; Press Scimitar (Memphis, TN), Sept. 13, 1979. Students from Rhodes College assisted in the fabrication. Inscription on a nearby marker reads: Dramatis Personae/a sculptural caricature of Theatrical Personages/by Lawrence Anthony/1979/Donated by/The Menke Family/with the assistance of an Art in Public Places Grant/from the Tennessee Arts Commission/and the National Endowment for the Arts/Dedicated June 20, 1983.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
    Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), June 17, 1979.
    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 TN000029
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