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(Polychrome Grills), (sculpture). Artist:  Allen, J. H. Dulles, 1879-1945, designer. Medary, Milton B., 1874-1929, architect. Enfield Pottery and Tile Works, fabricator Title:  (Polychrome Grills), (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1928. Dedicated Feb. 1, 1929. Medium:  Ceramic tile. Dimensions:  8 large grills. Each approx. H. 35 ft. x W. 10 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Sixteen polychrome grills depicting the flora and fauna of Florida. The grills are mounted in openings on the sides of a tower. Lower, smaller grills depict the lower orders of life, the sea and water life. Intermediate panels depict Adam and Eve and land life including birds. The third stage represents imagination. In the eight larger grills at the top of the tower the decorative form is carried by two types of trees: deciduous in four of the grills and moss-draped southern trees in four grills. At the base of the trees are flamingoes and baboons. A number of birds are also in the trees. Subject:  Religion -- Old Testament -- Adam Religion -- Old Testament -- Eve Animal -- Bird -- Flamingo Animal -- Monkey Landscape -- Tree Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Lake Wales Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Bok Tower Gardens, 1151 Tower Boulevard, Lake Wales, Florida 33853 Remarks:  IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Marion Stephenson's "Viewing, Understanding, Appreciating Bok Singing Tower", Lake Wales, FL: Bok Tower Gardens, 1990, pg. 6-7. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida survey, 1994. 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 FL000903   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture FL000903 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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