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(Central Junior High School Gargoyles), (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  (Central Junior High School Gargoyles), (sculpture). Description:  Two gargoyle figures on building facade above main entrance to school, near roof. The figure on the left kneels on a book clutching a globe. The index finger of his proper right hand points to a location on the globe. He wears a loose, hooded tunic and pointed shoes. The figure on the right sits cross-legged on a book. He studies a book or stack of papers filled with numbers which he holds in his proper right hand, balanced on his lap. He holds his proper left index finger to his lips. He is dressed in a hooded robe with ruffled collar and pointed shoes. Subject:  Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Geography Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Mathematics Fantasy -- Monster Architecture -- Detail -- Gargoyle Object -- Other -- Globe Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Gulfport Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Gulfport Public Schools, Superintendent's Office, 2010 15th Street, P. O. Box 220, Gulfport, Mississippi 39502 Located Central Junior High School, 15th Street between 20th and 21st Avenues, Above main entrance, Gulfport, Mississippi Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. The school building was completed in 1924. For related information see Henry W. Black's "Gulfport: Beginnings and Growth," pg. 70. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi 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 MS000116   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000116 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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