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Plummer, D. J.,
Animal -- Bird
Animal -- Reptile
Object -- Other
Figure group -- Bust
Allegory -- Quality
Allegory -- Quality
Allegory -- Quality
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Piney Woods
Sculpture
(Lifting the Veil), (sculpture).
Artist:
Plummer, D. J., sculptor.
Title:
(Lifting the Veil), (sculpture).
Dates:
1943.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: concrete, painted; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 15 ft. x Diam. 5 ft.; Base: approx. 2 ft. x W. 20 ft.
Inscription:
D. J. Plummer (On front:) DETERMINATION/RUST/ALCORN/L'AICLON/NAPOLEON/L'ETOILE/ADA B. ALBERT (On proper right side:) LIFTING THE VEIL/SCULPTOR/D. J. PLUMMER/1943 (On back:) ASPIRATION/DEVOTION/JACKSON/DEDICATED TO POSTERITY signed
Description:
Two columns supporting a large urn, situated on a rock base. On the urn is an eagle with a snake in its beak. Surrounding the base are concrete tablets with inscriptions and some with busts. The busts include a figure of Aspiration (a woman with arms upraised on her head); a bust of Devotion (two people embracing); and Determination (the head of a person).
Subject:
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
Object -- Other -- Vase
Figure group -- Bust
Allegory -- Quality -- Obedience
Allegory -- Quality -- Determination
Allegory -- Quality -- Hope
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Piney Woods
Sculpture
Owner:
Piney Woods Country Life School, P. O. Box 63, Highway 49 S, Corner of Grace Lane & Lawrence C. Jones Avenue, Piney Woods, Mississippi 39148
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1994.
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 MS000208
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MS000208
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