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Post, George Browne,
Figure group -- Male
Mythology -- Classical
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Sculpture
Telamones, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Post, George Browne, 1837-1913, architect.
Title:
Telamones, (sculpture).
Dates:
1896.
Medium:
Terra cotta, originally polychromed.
Dimensions:
11 figures. Each figure: approx. 6 x 2 1/2 x 3 ft.
Description:
Along the top of the building, between the colonnade and the cornice, there is a row of eleven almost fully rounded reliefs of kneeling nude males, telamones. Each figure kneels on his proper left knee.
Subject:
Figure group -- Male -- Nude
Mythology -- Classical -- Telamon
Object Type:
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by E. V. Bishoff Company, 355 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Located Park Building, 355 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The building was designed by architect, George Post. The term telamon come from the Greek meaning bearer or support and is associated with the Argonaut Telamon of classical mythology.
References:
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 79.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0165, 1989.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 118.
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 64480047
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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