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Doors, (sculpture). Artist:  Weems, Katharine Lane, 1899-1989, sculptor. Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott, architectural firm. Title:  Doors, (sculpture). Dates:  1933-1934. Dedicated 1937. Medium:  Gilded bronze and painted iron. Dimensions:  24 pieces. Each piece: approx. H. 15 3/5 in. Description:  Three pairs of double doors with each door divided into four square panels, and each square panel containing a gilded bronze depiction of a biological specimen in a circular iron frame. The subjects are represented as seen through either a magnifying glass or a microscope, depending on the size of the specimen. On the left doors are specimens found in the sea, on the center doors are specimens found in the air, and on the right doors are specimens found on the earth. The specimens represented on the left doors are: Skeleton Radiolaria, Ophiure Flagellata (Flat Brittle Starfish), Glaucilla Marginate (Marine Mollusk), Crab, Pyenogonum Littorale (Sea Spider), Trilobite, Pelagia Nataluca (Jellyfish), and Sepia Rondeleti (Squid). The specimens represented on the center doors are: Praying Mantis, Wasp, Queen Ant, Beetle, Spider, Ichneumon Fly, Bee, and Butterfly. The specimens represented on the right door are: Ginkgo Biloba, Heracleum Lenatum (Cow Parsnip Flower), Follicles of Pterocymbium (Adapted to Wind Dispersal), Fruit of Carex Verrucosa (Warty Sedge Family--Cyperacae), Dulichium Arundenaceum, Spikelet of Agrostis Hyemalis (Rough Hair Grass), Mushrooms, and Fucus Vesiculosus (Sea Weed). Subject:  Animal -- Other -- Starfish Animal -- Fish -- Mollusk Animal -- Fish -- Crab Animal -- Other -- Jellyfish Animal -- Fish -- Squid Animal -- Insect -- Praying Mantis Animal -- Insect -- Wasp Animal -- Insect -- Ant Animal -- Insect -- Beetle Animal -- Insect -- Spider Animal -- Insect -- Fly Animal -- Insect -- Bee Animal -- Insect -- Butterfly Object -- Foliage -- Ginkgo Object -- Flower Object -- Vegetable -- Mushroom Object -- Foliage -- Seaweed Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge Door Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Harvard University, Biological Sciences Department, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Located Harvard University, Biological Laboratories, Cambridge, Entrance doors, Massachusetts 02138 References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Harvard University, 1991. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 77002305   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77002305 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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