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Untitled (Sculptural Mural) (sculpture). Artist:  Carr, Alice Robertson, 1899- , sculptor. Title:  Untitled (Sculptural Mural) (sculpture). Dates:  1924. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: concrete, painted white; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 78 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; Foundation: approx. H. 3 1/2 in. Inscription:  (Proper left side:) MCMXXV/THE IDEA OF A/CIVIC ROSE GARDEN/WAS CONCEIVED BY THE/SEATTLE ROSE SOCIETY/WHICH HAS DIRECTED/THE PLANT SELECTIONS/& ARRANGEMENT (Proper right side:) MCMXXV/THE CIVIC ROSE/GARDEN WAS/MADE POSSIBLE BY/THE EFFORTS OF/THE LYONS CLUB/AND IS DEDICATED/TO ROSE LOVERS/OF SEATTLE unsigned Description:  Bas-relief figurative mural. The mural portrays nine women, seven of whom are dancing with silken scarves. To the left, a woman stands holding her infant child, while two deer graze in the foreground. To the right, a mother has placed her child on the back of a benign lioness. Subject:  Figure group -- Female & Child -- Nude Animal -- Lion Animal -- Deer Object Type:  Mural Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Woodland Park Zoo, Parks and Recreation Department, 5500 Phinney Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98105 Located Woodland Park Zoo, Rose garden on north side of the zoo, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  The mural is the focal point of a twenty-three foot retaining wall for the rose garden and was commissioned by the Lion's Club. IAS files contain related excerpt from James M. Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: Univ. of Washington, 1992, pg. 233. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington 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 WA000022   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000022 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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