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(Wright Quadrangle Reliefs), (sculpture). Artist:  Pollia, Joseph P., 1893-1954, sculptor. Title:  (Wright Quadrangle Reliefs), (sculpture). Dates:  1949. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  (Justice and Art, each: approx. 6 ft. x 6 ft. x 5 in.); (Sport reliefs, each: approx. 3 ft. x 45 ft. x 3 ft.); (Drama: approx. 4 ft. x 4 ft. x 5 in.); (Science: approx. 6 ft. x 6 ft. 2 in. x 5 in.). Inscription:  (Lower right corner of each relief:) J P POLLIA signed Description:  Nine reliefs depicting allegorical and sports-related scenes adorn exterior of Wright Quadrangle. Included are reliefs of a draped neoclassical male representing Philosophy (seated and holding a sphere in his proper left hand); a pair of athletic scenes, with two baseball players (a batter and catcher) and two basketball players; a seated neoclassical male figure representing Justice (holding an open book in his lap, with scales in the upper right corner); a neoclassical female figure representing Drama (shown kneeling holding a comedy mask in her raised proper left hand); another kneeling female figure representing Science (holding a test tube in her proper right hand, and an alembic in a stand over a burning flame on the left); a seated neoclassical female representing Art (holding a smaller standing female in her outstretched arms); and another pair of athletic scenes, two male football players and two marathon runners. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Figure group -- Male Figure group -- Female Allegory -- Quality -- Justice Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Philosophy Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Art Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Drama Occupation -- Sport -- Baseball Occupation -- Sport -- Basketball Occupation -- Sport -- Track & Field Occupation -- Sport -- Football Dress -- Uniform -- Sports Uniform Dress -- Costume -- Mask Object -- Tool -- Scale Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Other -- Globe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Bloomington Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Indiana University, Architect's Office, 700 North Walnut Grove, Service Building, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Located Indiana University, Joseph A. Wright Quadrangle exterior facade, 10th & Jordan, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Remarks:  IAS image files contain only a photograph of the Justice relief. 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 IN000705   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000705 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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