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    		• Towner, William T.,
     
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    		• Berrigan Contracting Company,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Waist length
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Hudson
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Man with a Book), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Towner, William T., architect.
    Berrigan Contracting Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    (Man with a Book), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Owl with a Book, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1915-1916,
    Medium: 
    Indiana limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    2 reliefs.
    Description: 
    Reliefs on the facade of the building include a male figure and an owl, each with a book. The owl stands perched atop an open book with its wings folded at its sides. The male figure wears a robe-like garment and a skull-cap and holds his open book in front of him in both hands.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Waist length
    Animal -- Bird -- Owl
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Hudson
    Relief
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Columbia County Offices, 401 State Street, Hudson, New York
    Remarks: 
    The building was a school before becoming county offices.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY000961
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