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    (Blair High School Wall Sculptures), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Johansen, Laba, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Blair High School Wall Sculptures), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1980s.
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    Medium: 
    Figures: concrete, possibly painted; Mosaics: ceramic; Map mosaic: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    2 figures in relief and mosaics. Each figure: approx. H. 5 ft. x W. 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Johansen 198? signed
    Description: 
    Two figurative reliefs and mosaics are installed in the facade of the school building. The figures, placed on opposite ends of the building, are a male and female. Both are pictured seated and with an owl. The male holds an open book. The mosaics include a bird in flight with an eternal flame and a wall map of the United States.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Animal -- Bird -- Owl
    Allegory -- Element -- Fire
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Object -- Written Matter -- Map
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Rockwell
    Relief
    Mosaic
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Montgomery County Public Schools, Division of Construction, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850
    Located Montgomery Blair High School, 250 Richard Montgomery Drive, Rockwell, Maryland
    Remarks: 
    Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland 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 MD000542
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