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Blacherne Apartments Building (Carvings), (sculpture). Artist:  Saunders, Henry M., sculptor. (possibly by) Title:  Blacherne Apartments Building (Carvings), (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  Largest faces: approx. 2 ft. x 1 1/2 ft. x 4 in. Inscription:  (Amidst sculpture at southwest and southeast corners:) BLACHERNE unsigned Description:  The windows and entrance of a Blacherne Apartments are adorned with a variety of ornate reliefs. On the south and east facades are six bowed window bays, each featuring ornate vegetation, in the center of which is a face, possibly a character from a Lew Wallace novel. Amidst the vegetation are other smaller faces, as well as fanciful beasts. In the keystone above the main entrance is a lion, and the arch is flanked by curling, lizard-like creatures. Subject:  Figure -- Fragment -- Face Animal -- Lion Literature -- Wallace Fantasy -- Animal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Federal Property Management, 407 North Alabama, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Located Blacherne Apartments, 402 North Meridian, Indianapolis, Indiana Remarks:  Author Lew Wallace (1827-1905) owned the apartment building, which was built in 1895, and the faces on the sculptures may be characters from his novels. IAS image files only contain a photo of the reliefs on one bowed window bay. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000882   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000882 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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