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Marshall & Brown,
Hare & Hare,
Architecture -- Detail
Recreation -- Leisure
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Figure group
Gate
Medallion
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
Sculpture
(Gates and Medallions), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Marshall & Brown, architectural firm.
Hare & Hare, landscape architect.
Title:
(Gates and Medallions), (sculpture).
Dates:
1940-1941.
Medium:
Gates: painted steel; Medallions: stone.
Dimensions:
Gates: approx. 116 x 165 x 1 in.; Medallions: approx. Diam. 32 in.
Description:
Six gates and eighteen medallions are decorative elements for a public pool and bath house. On each side of each gate run vertical bands, depicting in cut-out silhouette various figures swimming and diving. Each decorative band is a mirror image of those on the opposite side. The medallions show children swimming and playing on the beach.
Subject:
Architecture -- Detail -- Gate
Recreation -- Leisure -- Bathing
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Figure group
Object Type:
Gate
Medallion
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Kansas City, Missouri, Department of Parks and Recreation, Planning Services Division, 4600 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64130
Located Swope Park Swimming Pool, North of the lagoon, Kansas City, Missouri
Remarks:
The recreational area of which these sculptures are a part was a project of the Works Progress Administration. IAS files contain the text of a nearby commemorative plaque.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City 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 MO000166
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MO000166
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