Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   Search Images   About

Keyword Browse Combined Highlights Search History All Catalogs

Search:  Artist BrowseTitle BrowseSubject BrowseObject Type Browse Owner Browse       Refine Search     > You are only searching: Art Inventories

More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Curran, Jack,     Endicott Clay Products,     Landscape -- Nebraska     Cityscape -- Nebraska     Landscape -- Tree     Architecture -- Domestic     Architecture -- Industry     Architecture -- Civic     Architecture -- Civic     Mural     Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Beatrice     Sculpture

Untitled, (sculpture). Artist:  Curran, Jack, sculptor. Endicott Clay Products, fabricator. Title:  Untitled, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Dedicated 1993. Medium:  Carved brick. Dimensions:  Approx. 15 x 15 x 5 ft. Inscription:  (Across top of doorway:) 1893 BEATRICE PUBLIC LIBRARY 1991 (Corner of lower left panel:) "In Memory of/Margaret Cook" unsigned Description:  A three-panelled raised brick mural, surrounding the doorway of the Beatrice Library, depicting landscape scenes from Beatrice. The left panel features a bur oak tree (the library's logo), and a cabin at the Homestead National Monument. The center panel, above the door, shows a cityscape of Beatrice, with depictions of the Gage County Courthouse, the Carnegie Building, and the City Waterworks building, set against the Beatrice skyline with water tower and church steeple. The right panel depicts a scotch pine and a no. 12 Dempster windmill. Subject:  Landscape -- Nebraska -- Beatrice Cityscape -- Nebraska -- Beatrice Landscape -- Tree -- Oak Tree Architecture -- Domestic -- Cottage Architecture -- Industry -- Windmill Architecture -- Civic -- Courthouse Architecture -- Civic -- Gage County Courthouse Object Type:  Mural Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Beatrice Sculpture Owner:  City of Beatrice, Beatrice Public Library, 100 North 16th Street, Beatrice, Nebraska 68310 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. The mural was created to fit in the entrance of the library. The arch shape in the center panel was borrowed from the design of the Carnegie Building. The "1893" date in the markings refers to the beginning of the tax-supported Beatrice Public Library; the "1991" date references the year the new building was completed. IAS files contain an excerpt from the Beatrice Public Library Brochure. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska 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 NE000078   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NE000078 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact