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(Lindley Hall Reliefs), (sculpture). Artist:  Frazier, Bernard, 1906-1976, sculptor. (possibly by) Title:  (Lindley Hall Reliefs), (sculpture). Dates:  Modelled 1942. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Native Kansas Limestone. Dimensions:  3 pieces. Each piece: approx. 63 x 42 x 8 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Three limestone reliefs above the entrance to Lindley Hall, each depicting a mining scene. The relief panel on the left depicts a man next to a large pulley. He wears a hard hat and his proper right arm is raised above his head, as if directing the movement of the pulley. Behind him, on his proper right side, is a smaller-sized man and two smokestacks with billowing smoke. The central relief panel depicts a man in business suit, jacket and tie. He holds an open book in his proper left hand and a pick in his proper right hand. There are three objects place on a ledge before him. Behind him on his proper right side is a man reaching up to adjust the controls of a smokestack. The relief panel of the right depicts a man with his back to the viewer. He holds an axe in his proper right hand, and behind him, a smaller-sized man is seen drilling into the ground. Smoke surrounds both figures, although there is no smokestack in this panel. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Occupation -- Industry -- Mining Architecture -- Industry -- Mine Object -- Tool -- Axe Object -- Tool -- Hammer Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Lawrence Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Kansas, Office of Capital Programs, 351 Strong Hall, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 Located University of Kansas, Lindley Hall entrance, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. According to March 13, 1942 and March 28, 1942 correspondence (on file in IAS) between then Chancellor Dean Malott and the State Architect's office, Frazier was working on quarter scale models for Lindley Hall. Lindley Hall was then home of metallurgical sciences on campus. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas 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 KS000477   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000477 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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