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McGregor Public Library Doors, (sculpture). Artist:  Torrey, Fred M., 1884-1967, sculptor. Tilton & Githens, architectural firm. Title:  McGregor Public Library Doors, (sculpture). Dates:  1928. Copyrighted 1928. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 15 ft. x 8 ft. x 2 in. Inscription:  (On left door, below wing of standing angel figure, raised:) 1928/FRED M TORREY Sc signed Description:  Two large doors set within niche of entranceway to library. Each door features a winged angel in classical dress holding a torch. Beneath each angel is an art deco-styled figure crouching and holding an object. The crouching figure on the left holds an airplane, while the crouching figure on the right holds a winged automobile. Above the doors are two winged lion-like figures facing each other with an abstract sun-like object separating them. Subject:  Figure group Religion -- Angel Object -- Other -- Torch Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane Architecture -- Vehicle -- Automobile Fantasy -- Animal -- Lion Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Highland Park Door Sculpture Owner:  McGregor Public Library, 12244 Woodward Avenue, Doors at entranceway, Highland Park, Michigan References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1994. Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 2: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1865 and 1885," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, pg. 88. Illustration:  Image on file. Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 2: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1865 and 1885," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, pg. 89. 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 MI000197   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000197 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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