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    		• Davis, Eddie,
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Figure -- Fragment
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Landscape -- Tree
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Family Tree, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Davis, Eddie, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Family Tree, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Tree of Life, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1984. 1988.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 36 x 36 x 18 in.; Base: approx. 12 x 40 x 24 in.
    Inscription: 
    E. Davis 1988 (On plaque on base:) "FAMILY TREE"/SCULPTURE BY EDDIE DAVIS/Creation of the sculpture "Tree of Life" was funded through/a Rochester Sesquicentennial Arts in the Community grant/in 1984 specially for placement in Highland Park. The/final bronzing of the sculpture was made possible with/public funds for the New York State Council on the Arts./In Monroe County, these funds are administered by Arts for/Greater Rochester as part of the Local Incentive Funding/Test (LIFT). signed
    Description: 
    A stout "tree" stands on an oblong, irregularly shaped base. A row of faces is integrated into the sculpted tree on the upper half. There are six faces progressing from eldest to youngest. The youngest, an infant, has the most facial detail and is also the most three-dimensional, as the other faces are reliefs. The infant's head is attached by the chin and back of crown in a cavity on the far right side of the tree.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Figure -- Fragment -- Face
    Allegory -- Life -- Family
    Landscape -- Tree
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Monroe County Parks Commission, 171 Reservoir Avenue, Rochester, New York 14620
    Located Lamberton Conservatory at Highland Park, 180 Reservoir Avenue, Rochester, New York
    Remarks: 
    Funded provided by a Rochester Sesquicentennial Arts in the Community grant, and the New York State Council for the Arts through Arts for Greater Rochester.
    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 NY001556
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