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Phoenicia, (sculpture). Artist:  Ruckstull, Frederic Wellington, 1853-1942, sculptor. Gilbert, Cass, 1858-1934, architect. Title:  Phoenicia, (sculpture). Other Titles:  United States Customs House Cornice Sculpture: Phoenicia, (sculpture). Dates:  1907. Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  Heroic. Description:  Figure of a woman holding a boat in front of her. She wears a Greco-Phoenician headdress with two discs at the sides of her head. On her upper torso is a short armored breastplate, with two discs on the breasts. The figure is meant to symbolize Phoenicia, an ancient maritime country of southwest Asia consisting of city-states along the eastern Mediterranean in present-day Syria and Lebanon. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Dress -- Ethnic -- Phoenician Dress Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Ethnic -- Phoenician Allegory -- Place -- Phoenicia Architecture -- Boat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States General Services Administration, Real Property Management and Safety Division, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10007 Located United States Customs House, Cornice, New York, New York Remarks:  This piece is one of twelve statues along the cornice of the United States Customs House, each symbolizing an ancient or modern seafaring and commercial power. Inventory image files contain a photograph of all twelve sculptures and the photograph is filed with Karl Bitter's (Cartouche with Seal of the United States) IAS 87870013. For related information see Bogart, Michele H. "Public Sculpture and the Civic Ideal in New York City, 1890-1930," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989, pg. 111-134. References:  Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 11. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Bogart, Michele H., "Public Sculpture and the Civic Ideal in New York City, 1890-1930," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989, pg. 126. 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 87870005   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87870005 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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