(Carved Flagpole Base), (sculpture).

(Carved Flagpole Base), (sculpture).

Lentelli, Leo, 1879-1961, sculptor.

(Carved Flagpole Base), (sculpture).

Commissioned 1936. Dedicated 1937.

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Sculpture: granite; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 48 x 36 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 36 x 36 x 36 in.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT ART PROJECT/MCMXXXVII signed

Flagpole base stands on a square pedestal. The flagpole base has sea horses in relief on the corners with clam shells between each and flying fish above. The relief on the front face also includes four cornucopias.

Animal -- Fish -- Seahorse

Object -- Other -- Shell

Object -- Other -- Cornucopia

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Oyster Bay

United States Post Office, Audrey Avenue & Shore Road, Oyster Bay, New York

The sculpture was commissioned as a Treasury Relief Art Project and was executed in the winter of 1936.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.

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