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(Deco Facade Carvings Business Building) (sculpture). Artist:  McAninch & Anderson, architectural firm. Rock City Construct Company, contractor. Title:  (Deco Facade Carvings Business Building) (sculpture). Dates:  1939. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Lintel relief: limestone, carved; Tondos: marble. Dimensions:  Lintel relief: approx. H. 8 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A series of Deco reliefs and portrait tondos on the exterior of a college building. The relief above the lintel is of two standing figures in robes, with folded arms, facing each other, separated by a decorative element. The figure on the right has hair in a bun. The portrait tondos are on a facade and include three heads in horizontal order in profile. The top head appears to be a bearded 19th Century man, perhaps Ulysses S. Grant. The center is a classic head, perhaps of Julius Caesar. The bottom head appears to be George Washington. The relief is above the lintel of the main entrance, and the tondos are on the east facade. Also included are other carved components on the building exterior, including an ornate hexagon. Subject:  Portrait male -- Washington, George -- Head Occupation -- Political -- President Portrait male -- Grant, Ulysses S. -- Head Occupation -- Military -- General Portrait male -- Caesar, Julius -- Head Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Figure group Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Jonesboro Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Arkansas State University, Construction Coordinator, Jonesboro, Arkansas 72467 Located Arkansas State University, Business Building, above main entrance & on east facade, Jonesboro, Arkansas Remarks:  The Business Building was built by the architectural firm, McAninch & Anderson, with the Rock City Construct Company. The Business Building is the old Science Building. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1992. 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 AR000146   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AR000146 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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