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Tomb of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (1869-1924), (sculpture). Artist:  Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor. Title:  Tomb of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (1869-1924), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Sarcophagus, (sculpture). Dates:  1925. Dedicated March 24, 1929. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone (?). Inscription:  (On tomb:) NIHIL TETICET QUOD NON ORNAVIT [HE TOUCHED NOTHING HE DID NOT BEAUTIFY] (On lower front:) BERTRAM GROSVENOR GOODHUE MLCLXIX-MCMXXIV / THIS TOMB IS A TOKEN OF THE AFFECTION OF HIS FRIENDS / HIS GREAT ARCHITECTURAL CREATIONS THAT BEAUTIFY / AND ENRICH CIVILIZATION ARE HIS MONUMENTS Description:  Tomb of architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodue adorned across the top with relief carvings of buildings designed by Goodhue including the Chapel at West Point, Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago, Rice University, CalTech, the National Academy of Science Building, the Los Angeles Public Library, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Sterling Memorial Library, St. Vincent Ferrer, an Unbuilt Convocation Center, designed for Madison Square Garden, the Nebraska State Capitol, St. Thomas Church, and St. Batholomew's. Below the sarcophagus bearing a reclining figure of Goodhue is a relief carving of his family crest. Subject:  Portrait male -- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor -- Full length Occupation -- Art -- Architect Architecture exterior -- Religious -- Church Architecture exterior -- Civic -- Library Architecture exterior -- Civic -- Capitol Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Church of the Intercession, 550 West 155th Street, New York, New York 10032 Remarks:  IAS files contain an excerpt from the Lee Lawrie Papers at the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, showing the inventory listing prepared by Lee and his wife Millie Lawrie, and a newspaper article from the New York Times, March 25, 1929, describing the unveiling of the memorial. References:  Harm, Greg, 2011. 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 78720007   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 78720007 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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