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John Beatty Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Manship, Paul, 1885-1966, sculptor. Title:  John Beatty Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  John W. Beatty Memorial Tablet, (sculpture). Dates:  1925-1927. Medium:  Rose burgundy marble. Dimensions:  28 1/4 x 61 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (71.8 x 156.2 x 12.1 cm) Inscription:  (Across bottom:) ERECTED BY THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE IN MEMORY OF THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS/1896 JOHN WESLEY BEATTY 1922 signed Description:  Art is represented by the reclining figure of a woman sweeping through space, while the motif of inspiration is typified by a small Pegasus. The female figure holds a lyre. Subject:  Homage -- Beatty, John W. Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Art Figure female -- Full length Mythology -- Classical -- Pegasus Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lyre Object Type:  Relief Sculpture Owner:  Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Accession Number: 25.4 Provenance:  Purchased 1927. Remarks:  John W. Beatty (d. 1924) was the first director of the Department of Fine Arts (now the Museum of Art) at the Carnegie Institute. This work was commissioned from the artist, 1925. References:  Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992. Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1990. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Illustration:  Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992, pg. 339. 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 77001683   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77001683 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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