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Xerxes, (sculpture). Artist:  Gregory, John, 1879-1958, sculptor. Zantzinger, Borie and Medary, architectural firm. Title:  Xerxes, (sculpture). Dates:  1926. Medium:  Polychromed plaster. Subject:  Portrait male -- Xerxes Ethnic -- Persian Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat Object Type:  Model Pediment Sculpture Owner:  Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130 Remarks:  One-third scale model for one of several figures representing the Wisdom of the East, that were to have been executed in glazed terra cotta for the pediment of the south wing of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The pediment was not completed because of Philadelphia's financial problems. The theme of the pediment was to have been the Pursuit of Wisdom. The architects for the building were Zantzinger, Borie and Medary. IAS files contain copy of related article: Bronson, Steven E., "The Forgotten Pediment of the Philadelphia Museum of Art," National Sculpture Review (Spring 1976): pg. 16-17. References:  Gregory, John D. (son of artist), 1995. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Bronson, Steven E., "The Forgotten Pediment of the Philadelphia Museum of Art," National Sculpture Review (Spring 1976): pg. 16-17. 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 76006208   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76006208 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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