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Tolson, Edgar,
Religion -- Saint
Religion -- Christianity
Folk
Sculpture
Herod's Palace: The Christians Being Fed to the Lions and The Beheading of John the Baptist, (sculpture).
Artist:
Tolson, Edgar, 1904-1984, sculptor.
Title:
Herod's Palace: The Christians Being Fed to the Lions and The Beheading of John the Baptist, (sculpture).
Dates:
1976.
Medium:
Poplar wood, pine, cedar, and popsicle sticks, adorned with paint, ink, graphite.
Dimensions:
24 1/4 x 14 3/8 x 24 in.
Description:
Folk art sculpture depicting figures in two religious scene that take place on a two-tiered wooden platform.
Subject:
Religion -- Saint -- St. John
Religion -- Christianity
Object Type:
Folk
Sculpture
Owner:
Huntington Museum of Art, 2033 McCoy Road, Huntington, West Virginia 25701 Accession Number: 1991.74.9
References:
"Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art," Huntington, WV: Huntington Museum of Art, 2003, pg. 192.
Huntington Museum of Art: Fifty Years of Collecting," Huntington, WV: Huntington Museum of Art, 2001, pg. 140.
Illustration:
"Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art," Huntington, WV: Huntington Museum of Art, 2003, pg. 192.
Huntington Museum of Art: Fifty Years of Collecting," Huntington, WV: Huntington Museum of Art, 2001, pg. 140.
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 56980026
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Inventory of American Sculpture
56980026
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