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(Recreation Pier Relief), (sculpture). Artist:  Pietsch, Theodore Wells, sculptor. Title:  (Recreation Pier Relief), (sculpture). Dates:  1913-1914. Dedicated Aug. 20, 1914. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  Approx. 15 ft. x 12 ft. x 18 in. Inscription:  (Under the image of the battle monument on relief, raised letters:) MCMXIII Description:  Two female figures leaning on a shield on which the Battle Monument is represented. The figure on the left holds a shovel in her proper right hand. The figure on the right holds a fish, and has fish netting draped around her shoulder. The sculpture is placed on ledge in center of pediment. Subject:  Figure group -- Female Emblem -- Seal Allegory -- Place -- Baltimore Architecture -- Monument Animal -- Fish Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore Pediment Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Baltimore, Public Works, 200 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21210 Located Recreation Pier, 1715 Thames Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21231 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. The two female figures allude to Baltimore as a port city and the image of the Battle Monument appears on the City seal. The Recreation Pier was built by Pietsch, as a multi-use facility for commercial maritime and recreation. IAS files contain related articles from the Maryland Historical Society vertical files, dated Dec. 27, 1927 and from the Baltimore Daily, Feb. 3, 1970. IAS files contain a 1990 article "The History of Recreation Pier" and a copy of the National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form for the pier. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Baltimore Daily, Feb. 3, 1970. 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 MD000304   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MD000304 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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