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Kregelius, Herman,
Architecture -- Detail
Animal -- Bird
Object -- Written Matter
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Sculpture
(Columns), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Kregelius, Herman, architect.
Title:
(Columns), (sculpture).
Dates:
1926.
Medium:
Marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft. x W. 50 in.; Base: approx. H. 30 ft. x Diam. 108 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(At top of each column:) (CP as a monogram, inscribed within the shape of a policeman's badge)
Description:
Two marble columns flanking front entrance to Central Cleveland Police Station. Corinthian capitals, each mounted by a stylized eagle, its talons perched on a book laid horizontally. Eagles stand with wings outspread, heads turned to look inwards at one another.
Subject:
Architecture -- Detail -- Column
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object Type:
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Cleveland, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Property, 500 Lakeside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Located Central Cleveland Police Station, 2001 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
Kregelius, city architect, was responsible for the Central Cleveland Police Station; building dates to 1926.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1992.
Illustration:
Johannesen, Eric, "Cleveland Architecture 1876-1976," The Western Reserve Historical Society, 1979, pg. 154.
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 OH000098
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000098
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