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(Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Art Deco Frieze), (sculpture). Artist:  Stevens, Lawrence Tenney, 1896-1972, sculptor. Title:  (Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Art Deco Frieze), (sculpture). Dates:  1952. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete. Inscription:  (On lower edge of center of frieze, incised letters:) OIL CAPITAL Description:  An Art Deco frieze on the second floor of the front side of the Chamber of Commerce building depicts imagery from Tulsa's history. In the center of the frieze is a large oil derrick. To the immediate left of the derrick is a waist-length figure of a bare-chested oil worker wearing a hard hat. To the far left are other human figures and animals. To the right of the derrick is a waist-length female figure wearing a tiara-like headpiece, and holding a child in her proper left arm. To the far right is a church, a pig, a man on a tractor, and other agricultural items. Subject:  History -- United States -- Oklahoma Allegory -- Place -- Tulsa Figure group Occupation -- Industry -- Oil Occupation -- Farm Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Architecture -- Machine -- Oil Rig Architecture -- Machine -- Farm Machine Architecture -- Religious -- Church Animal -- Pig Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, 616 South Boston Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. IAS files contain an excerpt from the "1994 Annual Report, Tulsa, Featuring Art Deco Illustrations," Tulsa: City of Tulsa, 1995. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996. 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 OK000152   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OK000152 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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