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Homage -- Gaines, Lillien
Figure female -- Child
Object -- Flower
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Knoxville
Sculpture
(Lillien Gaines Gravestone), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Lillien Gaines Gravestone), (sculpture).
Medium:
Marble on a marble base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 34 x 19 x 19 in.; Base: approx. 41 x 31 x 31 in.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) LILLIEN GAINES/BORN DEC. 17, 1868/DIED APRIL 29, 1876. (Proper left side of base:) LITTLE FACE SO PURE - SO WHITE/THOUGH EARTH HIDE YOU FROM OUR SIGHT/WELL WE KNOW THAT SOME FAIR DAY/YOU WILL GREET US FAR AWAY!/GOD WILL KEEP YOU SWEET AND FAIR/AND WE LEAVE YOU IN HIS CARE. (Proper right side of base:) GOD PLUCKED THE BLOOMING FLOWER,/AND WHISPERED IT WAS GIVEN TO WIN YOUR HEARTS/WITH GENTLE POWER AND BEAR THEM HOME TO HEAVEN.
Description:
A marble sculpture of a little girl seated on a stone and facing east. Her wavy shoulder length hair is pulled back and tied with a ribbon. She wears a short draped dress which has fallen off her proper left shoulder. Her proper left hand holds a spray of flowers in her lap, while her proper right hand holds flowers down by her side. Her head is tilted down. Her bare feet are crossed, with the proper right foot in front. The sculpture is attached to a circular plinth on a tiered marble base.
Subject:
Homage -- Gaines, Lillien
Figure female -- Child
Object -- Flower
Object Type:
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Knoxville
Sculpture
Owner:
Old Gray Cemetery, 543 North Broadway Street, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
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 TN000426
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
TN000426
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