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Dime Savings Bank Pediment: Morning and Evening of Life, (sculpture). Artist:  Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor. Title:  Dime Savings Bank Pediment: Morning and Evening of Life, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Morning and Evening of Life, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1931-1932. Medium:  Stone. Description:  The sculptor Lee Lawrie described the pediment relief as depicting "the two ages of man, a youth rising with the sun, lacing his sandals in preparation for the tasks of the day; and an old man resting peacefully at eventide, secure in the fruits of the days of his activity." These two allegorical male figures flank a clock resembling a large gear rimmed with cogs supported by two smaller gears rimmed with interlocking cogs. Subject:  Allegory -- Life -- Youth Allegory -- Life -- Old Age Object Type:  Sculpture Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn Relief Pediment Owner:  Chase Bank, 9 DeKalb Avenue, Pediment, Brooklyn, New York Remarks:  The Dime Savings Bank was built in 1906-1908, and was expanded in 1931-1932 by architect Robert Helmer at the firm of Halsey, McCormack & Helmer, Inc., who commissioned sculptor Lee Lawrie to create the pediment relief. IAS files contain an excerpt from the Lee Lawrie Papers at the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, showing a short paragraph written by Lawrie describing the subject of the Dime Savings Bank pediment relief, and noting that the bank used the pediment image as illustrations in advertisements. References:  Harm, Greg, 2012. 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 78720018   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 78720018 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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