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    Old Phoenix City Hall/County Building, (sculpture)
    Artist: 
    Neild, Edward F., architect.
    Mahoney, Leslie J., architect.
    Lescher and Mahoney, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Old Phoenix City Hall/County Building, (sculpture)
    Dates: 
    1928.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: concrete, stone, and terra cotta.
    Description: 
    Two carved phoenixes, geometrically modeled with strong planes, flank the west entrance portal to the old Phoenix City-County building.
    Subject: 
    Mythology -- Egyptian -- Phoenix
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix
    Architectural component
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Phoenix, Phoenix Arts Commission, 200 West Washington, Tenth Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85003
    Located Old Phoenix City Hall, 125 West Washington Street, West entrance, Phoenix, Arizona
    Remarks: 
    The City-County building was designed by architect Edward Neild, who also designed the county side's entrance. The City entrance of the building was designed by Leslie J. Mahoney, of Lescher and Mahoney. IAS files contain an excerpt from Carla Breeze's "Pueblo Deco," New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1990, pg. 81-83.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Breeze, Carla, "Pueblo Deco," New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1990, pg. 83.
    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 AZ000519
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