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    		• Telefus, Jacob,
     
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    		• Lane (Firm),
     
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    		• Homage -- Mathews, Brian Michael
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Emblem -- Heart
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Glen Wild
     
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    Tree Monument for Brian Michael Mathews, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Telefus, Jacob, 1917-1993, sculptor.
    Lane (Firm), fabricator
    Title: 
    Tree Monument for Brian Michael Mathews, (sculpture).
    Medium: 
    Granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 5 ft. 8 in. x W. 2 ft. x D. 16 in. x Diam. 21 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of sculpture, below ground level:) Lane-Telefus (On front of sculpture, inscribed in heart:) BRIAN MICHAEL/MATHEWS/JUNE 29, 1952/JAN. 31, 1970/BELOVED SON/AND BROTHER (On front below heart:) THIS BE THE VERSE/YOU GAVE FOR ME/HERE HE LIES/WHERE HE LONGED TO BE,/HOME IS THE SAILOR,/HOME FROM THE SEA,/AND THE HUNTER/HOME FROM THE HILL. signed
    Description: 
    Granite grave marker in the shape of a dead tree trunk. The surface resembles bark and several branch stumps accentuate the tree trunk. On the front of the trunk is a smooth heart. Above the heart is a relief of a dove carrying an olive branch in its mouth.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Mathews, Brian Michael
    Animal -- Bird -- Dove
    Emblem -- Heart
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Glen Wild
    Relief
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Glen Wild Cemetery, Marsh Road, Glen Wild, New York
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY001384
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