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Baker Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Taylor, Marion, carver. Title:  Baker Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1918 or 1929. Medium:  Sculpture: limestone; Base: limestone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 52 in. x 4 ft. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 50 x 33 in. Inscription:  (On front of bench, raised lettering:) BAKER unsigned Description:  A gravestone sculpture resembling a stone carver's wooden workbench, including bent nails and splits in the wood. The bench is sagging beneath the weight of several stone slabs that have cornice detailing. The slabs are braced underneath by a board. Atop the slabs lay stone carving tools including a square, chisel, brush, punch, mallet, hammer, and scraper. An apron is draped over the corner of the bench. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base. Subject:  Homage -- Baker, Louis Occupation -- Craft Object -- Furniture -- Bench Object -- Art Tool -- Square Object -- Art Tool -- Chisel Object -- Art Tool -- Artist's Brush Object -- Art Tool -- Punch Object -- Art Tool -- Mallet Object -- Art Tool -- Scraper Object -- Tool -- Hammer Dress -- Accessory -- Protective Gear Architecture -- Detail -- Cornice Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Bedford Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Green Hill Cemetery, 1202 18th Street, Bedford, Indiana 47421 Remarks:  Sculpture honors stone carver Louis Baker and marks his grave. Baker died suddenly at the age of 23 on August 29, 1917. Sculpture was carved by Marion Taylor and Baker's fellow stone cutters. It features an exact reproduction of his work bench, known as a "banker," complete with his tools as they laid when he died. Baker was working on part of a building cornice. IAS files contain excerpts from Indiana Preservationist 3 (May/June 1993): pg. 11; Folk Arts and Crafts, n.d., pg. 134; and an article from the Times-Mail, May 29, 1993, pg. C1. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000675   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000675 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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