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Pease, Barber, and Hastings,
Hassel Iron Works,
Fantasy -- Dragon
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
Sculpture
Dragon Finial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Pease, Barber, and Hastings, architectural firm.
Hassel Iron Works, founder.
Title:
Dragon Finial, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Decoration atop El Paso Club, (sculpture).
Dates:
1891.
Medium:
Iron.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 6 ft. x Diam. 2 ft.
Description:
A dragon stands on his forelegs and his arrow-shaped tail is twisted upward around a finial. His mouth is open with his tongue protruding out. The sculpture is placed atop a French Romanesque tower.
Subject:
Fantasy -- Dragon
Object Type:
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
Sculpture
Owner:
El Paso Club, 30 East Platte Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
Remarks:
The dragon's face was copied from a book of architectural detail patterns and altered slighted by Pease and Barber. Metal working experts, Hassell and Talcott, designed the tail to wrap around the 6 ft. iron finial. The piece was cast by Hassel Iron Works. The sculpture was erected during the 1890-1891 remodeling of the El Paso Club. IAS files contain related excerpt on the history of the club from Marshall Sprague's: "El Paso Club-A Century of Friendship," 1976.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs survey, 1992.
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 CO000163
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CO000163
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