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(Lawrie Bronze Doors), (sculpture). Artist:  Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor. Gehron, William, architect. Ross, Sydney, architect. Title:  (Lawrie Bronze Doors), (sculpture). Dates:  1931. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze and glass. Dimensions:  14 doors. Each door: approx. 12 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 1 3/4 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Fourteen doors decorated with bronze panels are placed around entrances for the Education/Forum Building. The three double doors on the Education side of the building (main entrance) contain 120 panels with symbols depicting the various vocations of man in industry and the arts, separated by a repeated design of the sun and the keystone. Left door, left grille: watch and clock making, forestry, education, finance, fire prevention, religion, glass making, pottery making, publishing, river navigation, ceramics and shoe making. Left door, right grille: astronomy, music, drama, aerial navigation, school athletics, banking, stone cutting, weaving, painting, metal stamping, steel making, and shipping. Central door, left grille: accounting, banking, carpentry, textile manufacture, architecture, stone masonry, metal working, tailoring, food production, skyscraper construction, weights and measures, and agriculture. Central door, right grille: fishing industry, engineering, iron molding, steel manufacturing, rolling steel sheets, merchandising, farming, natural gas production, machinery making, harvesting crops, railroading, and blacksmithing. Right door, left grille: indepedence, dairying, coal making, terra cotta manufacture, surgery, building, shipping, chemistry, printing, hydraulic power, pharmacy, and machinery. Right door, right grille: writing, agriculture, mining, brick and tile making, teaching, communication, coal mining, machine tooling, railroading, surveying, distilling, and a monument. The eleven doors on the Forum side of the building depict man's creative and cultural occupations. Each door has twelve panels depicting fables, circus, mythological tales, poetry, music, drama, science and philosophy. Socrates and Franklin appear among the philosophers; Dante and Shakespeare represent the poets; Archimedes demonstrates his lever; and Linnaeus examines a plant for the benefit of science. Aladdin and his lamp appear among the legends; Aesop's story of the Fox and the Grapes represents the fables; Jack and the Beanstalk represents the fairy tale; Robin Hood and his long bow stand for childhood romance. Dozens of other figures appear on the panels on the doors. Subject:  Portrait male -- Franklin, Benjamin -- Full length Portrait male -- Socrates Portrait male -- Alighieri, Dante Portrait male -- Linnaeus, Carolus Figure male -- Full length Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Architecture Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Astronomy Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Chemistry Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Drama Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Engineering Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Literature Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Medicine Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Painting Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Philosophy Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Poetry Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Technology Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Transportation Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Allegory -- Other -- Trade Allegory -- Passion -- Love Allegory -- Religion Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun Literature -- Aesop -- Fox and Hare Literature -- Character -- Aladdin Literature -- Character -- Jack Literature -- Character -- Robin Hood Literature -- Perrault -- Mother Goose Tales Mythology -- Classical -- Archimedes Occupation -- Education -- Philosopher Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Occupation -- Industry -- Printing Occupation -- Political -- Diplomat Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Occupation -- Science -- Inventor Occupation -- Political -- Postmaster Occupation -- Writer -- Author Occupation -- Writer -- Playwright Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Occupation -- Craft -- Clockmaker Performing Arts -- Circus Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg Door Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services, 515 North Office Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Located Education/Forum Building Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Remarks:  IAS files contain an excerpt from the "Pennsylvania Department of Public Instructions," pg. 2 and an other unidentified excerpt. For related information see the files of the Capitol Preservation Committee at the Annex Building, Room 30. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994. Harm, Greg, 2011. 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 PA000988   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000988 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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