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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Johnson, Elma M.,     Crawford, Robert,     Fletcher,     Boren Brick,     Land of the Sky Masonry Contractors Association,     Portrait female -- Blackwell, Elizabeth     Occupation -- Medicine     Architecture -- Detail     Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Asheville     Relief     Architectural component     Sculpture

Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D., (sculpture). Artist:  Johnson, Elma M., sculptor. Crawford, Robert, assistant. Fletcher, fabricator. Boren Brick, fabricator. Land of the Sky Masonry Contractors Association, contractor. Title:  Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D., (sculpture). Dates:  1994. Dedicated July 22, 1994. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Brick. Dimensions:  Approx. 74 x 142 x 15 in. Inscription:  (On plaque on relief, incised letters:) BOREN BRICK-FLETCHER/INSTALLED BY-LAND OF/THE SKY MASONRY CONT./ASSO. (On lower right corner:) Elma M. Johnson (On mantle bricks on either side of the chimney:) (book titles) signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  The bust of Elizabeth Blackwell in relief, with shoulder-length hair, wearing a pointy-collared shirt and necktie. The bust emerges from the chimney of an abstract, relief fireplace. The fireplace is red brick with a beige mantle. The off-white chimney is in the center. The bricks on either side of the upper portion of the chimney have book titles on them. Subject:  Portrait female -- Blackwell, Elizabeth -- Bust Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Architecture -- Detail -- Fireplace Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Asheville Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Asheville, Downtown Development Office, 29 Haywood Street, Asheville, North Carolina 28801 Located Wachovia Bank Building, Intersection of Patton & Church Street, on wall, Asheville, North Carolina Remarks:  Robert Crawford worked as a mason on the sculpture. Nearby plaque reads: ELIZABETH/BLACKWELL, M. D./Dr. Blackwell was the first woman awarded a/medical degree in the United States. She began/her medical studies in Asheville in 1845 under/Dr. John Dickson, for whom she taught music at/Dickson's private school for girls. The school/was located on the site of the Drhumor Building./Elizabeth Blackwell was an 1849 graduate of/Geneva Medical College in western New York./Placed by Buncombe County Medical Auxiliary/and Buncombe County Medical Society. IAS files contain a pamphlet "Downtown Asheville: the Asheville Urban Trail," City of Asheville, Downtown Development Office, n.d. IAS files also contain a related article from the Asheville Citizen Times, July 12, 1994, pg. 2C. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Asheville Citizen Times, July 12, 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 NC000286   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NC000286 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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