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(Bronze Doors), (sculpture). Artist:  Mathews, Arthur Frank, 1860-1945, sculptor. Bliss & Faville, architectural firm. Title:  (Bronze Doors), (sculpture). Dates:  1910. Dedicated Jan. 1911. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  2 doors. Each door: approx. H. 19 ft. 6 in. x W. 4 ft. Description:  Two bronze doors, each with two bas-relief panels depicting figures representing the history of the state of California. The top panel of the door on the left depicts a full-length back view of a nude male Indian. He wears a feather headdress and gazes to the proper right; his proper right hand is raised to his forehead. The panel below depicts a full-length figure of a Franciscan monk. He wears a monk's cassock which is tied at the waist. He holds a small book against his chest in his proper left hand. His proper right hand is raised in benediction. In the distance, behind his head, is the outline of a mission church. The top panel of the door on the right features a full-length male figure of a miner. He is shown in proper right profile. He wears trousers and a hat but no shirt. He holds a pickaxe in his proper right hand and rests his proper left arm on an outcropping of rocks. Mountains are visible in the distance. The panel below depicts a full-length nude figure of a youth. The figure stands beside a wheel, and holds up an architectural model high above the proper left shoulder. The figure's face is obscured by the proper right arm. Each of the relief panels is surrounded by a geometric pattern of rectangles bordered with decorative reliefs. Subject:  Figure male -- Nude Ethnic -- Indian Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Religion -- Monk Architecture -- Religious -- Mission Ethnic -- Spanish Occupation -- Industry -- Mining Object -- Tool -- Axe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Relief Door Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Cable Car Clothiers, San Francisco, California Located Giorgio Armani, One Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California 94108 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Security Pacific National Bank, One Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California Formerly in the collection of Savings Union Bank, One Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. The doors were created for the new Savings Union Bank in 1910. The doors remain on the building, which has changed owners several times. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993. 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 CA001805   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001805 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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