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(Senatobia Middle School Panels), (sculpture). Artist:  Hill & Drummond, architectural firm. Wessell Construction Company, contractor. Title:  (Senatobia Middle School Panels), (sculpture). Medium:  Carved limestone, and aluminum (?). Dimensions:  3 panels. Overall: approx. 8 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. Inscription:  (Above sundial, raised:) TIME FLIES (Arabic numerals, one thru twelve on sundial) Description:  Three carved limestone relief panels above school entrance. The central panel is a sundial with gnomon and inscriptions made of white metal (possibly aluminum). The panel on the right depicts a nude male figure with a flowing fabric draping over his lower torso. He holds a torch in his proper right hand and a wrench in his proper left hand. Also included in the panel is a Zeppelin, machine gear, the sun, a skyscraper and a factory building. The panel on the left depicts a nude male figure wearing a loincloth. He holds a long stick in his proper right hand and another object in his proper left hand. Also on the left panel is the sun, an air plane, a steam boat, a train, a state capitol, a bridge, mountains and another classical-era building. Subject:  Figure group -- Male -- Nude Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Technology Architecture -- Boat -- Steamer Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train Architecture -- Vehicle -- Balloon Architecture -- Industry -- Factory Architecture -- Classical Architecture -- Civic -- Capitol Architecture -- Bridge Landscape -- Mountain Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Senatobia Architectural component Sundial Sculpture Owner:  Senatobia City Schools, Senatobia Middle School, 303 College Street, Senatobia, Mississippi 38668 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. Building that panels are located, erected in 1938. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi 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 MS000217   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000217 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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