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    		• Wedemeyer, Henry C.,
     
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    		• Newton, W. W., Jr.,
     
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    		• Castleberry Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Animal -- Lion
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Tyler
     
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    John Tyler Lions, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wedemeyer, Henry C., 1901-1991, sculptor.
    Newton, W. W., Jr., architect.
    Castleberry Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    John Tyler Lions, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Sept. 12, 1982.
    Medium: 
    Reliefs: bronze; Base: concrete and brick.
    Dimensions: 
    Lion relief: approx. 23 x 21 x 3 in.; Lioness relief: approx. 22 x 19 x 3 in.; Base: approx. H. 60 in. x Diam. 112.
    Inscription: 
    (On disc, on bronze plaques below reliefs:) TYLER HIGH SCHOOL/AUGUST 29, 1882/JOHN TYLER HIGH SCHOOL/SEPTEMBER 1, 1965/DESTROYED BY FIRE/FEBRUARY 14, 1981/REDEDICATED/SEPTEMBER 12, 1982/JOAN BROOKS, PRINCIPAL 1982/C C BABES, JR./PRINCIPAL 1975-1982/W W NEWTON JR. ARCHITECT/MEMORIAL/HENRY WEDEMEYER, BRONZE SCULPTOR signed
    Description: 
    Bas-relief figures of a lion and lioness, lying down with heads held up, facing opposite directions. The reliefs are mounted on an upright circular concrete disc, outlined by a ring of bricks and bisected by a smaller circle. The base is mounted on a pole that rises six inches above the ground.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Lion
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Tyler
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Tyler Independent School District, Administrative Office, West Loop 323, Memorial Courtyard, Tyler, Texas 75701
    Remarks: 
    Tyler High School was founded in 1882, and changed its name to John Tyler High School in 1965. On February 14, 1981 the school was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt and rededicated on September 12, 1982. The sculpture was meant to symbolize the pride of the lions and the pride of John Tyler High School. The bricks used for the base are from the old Tyler High School, the John Tyler High School and the reconstructed high school. The Memorial Courtyard was designed by W. W. Newton.
    IAS files contain related article from the Tyler Morning Telegraph, Sept. 13, 1982, which lists media as brass.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Tyler Morning Telegraph, Sept. 13, 1982, pg. 1.
    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 TX000725
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