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    		• Jennewein, C. Paul,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Nude
     
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    		• Fantasy -- Dragon
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Dauphin County Courthouse Sculpture), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Jennewein, C. Paul, 1890-1978, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Dauphin County Courthouse Sculpture), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Youth Crushing Evil, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Reliefs: 1941-1942. Figure: 1944.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    White marble; Entrance detail: bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 13 x 4 x 3 1/2.
    Inscription: 
    (On figure's proper right side, near base:) (copyright symbol)/1944/CP Jennewein Sc/J K Watt Carver
    Description: 
    Various architectural decorations for doors and entrances of the courthouse. Above the entrance is of man holding a scythe and standing with bushels of wheat. The Dauphin County seal depicts a coat of arms with and eagle on top flanked by a Native American on the left and a settler with a rifle on the right. In front of the courthouse is a nude male figure standing on top of a dragon to symbolize "Youth Crushing Evil." He holds a bundle of arrows in his proper left hand and raises his proper right arm.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Nude
    Fantasy -- Dragon
    Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow
    Object -- Foliage -- Wheat
    Figure group -- Male
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Architectural component
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Dauphin County, Buildings and Grounds, Front & Market Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
    Located Dauphin County Courthouse, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
    IAS image files contain only a photograph of "Youth Crushing Evil."
    References: 
    Tampa Museum of Art, 1980.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Howarth, Shirley Reiff, "C. Paul Jennewein: Sculptor," Florida: Tampa Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 52-3.
    Related Works: 
    For study of figure see: 65020056.
    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 65020057
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