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    		• Tiffany and Company,
     
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    		• Homage -- Coon, Wilbur Barry
     
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    		• Homage -- Coon, Esther Levis
     
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    		• Homage -- Coon, Wilbur Lewis
     
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    		• Religion -- Angel
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Architecture -- Detail
     
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    		• Emblem -- Cross
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Stele
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Coon Family Memorial), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Tiffany and Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    (Coon Family Memorial), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted 1927.
    Medium: 
    Gray granite, flecked with black, pinking gray, and lighter gray, and mica.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 11 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front bottom, incised:) COON (On back upper half, incised:) WILBUR BARRY COON/1870 - 1926/ESTHER LEAVIS COON/1879 - 1928/WILBUR LEAVIS COON/1906 - 1965 (On back lower half, incised:) THEN SHALL THE DUST RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS/AND THE SPIRIT SHALL RETURN UNTO THE GOD WHO GAVE IT (On back near bottom:) Tiffany Studios, New York, Copyright 1927 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A stele with a bas-relief, full-length angel standing on rocks with wings spread. The angel's proper right arm is extended upward while its proper left arm is in front of its chest with the hand to the proper right of the face. A dove flies downward over the angel's head. A design of arches stands behind the angel and down the other sides of the stele. A cross is above the angel.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Coon, Wilbur Barry
    Homage -- Coon, Esther Levis
    Homage -- Coon, Wilbur Lewis
    Religion -- Angel
    Animal -- Bird -- Dove
    Architecture -- Detail -- Arch
    Emblem -- Cross
    Object Type: 
    Gravestone
    Stele
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Rochester, Department of Parks and Recreation, Special Services, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, New York 14620
    Located Mt. Hope Cemetery, North side of Grove Street, behind Carl F. Lamb Mausoleum and Feiock/Wilson, Hall, Strasenburgh, and Olney monuments, Rochester, New York
    Remarks: 
    The three grave markers for the three individuals listed on memorial are nearby.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.
    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 NY000211
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