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    		• Bartlett, Paul Wayland,
     
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    		• Founderie Cooperative des Artistes,
     
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    		• Study
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Figure group -- Female & Child
     
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    		• Model
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Greensburg
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Study for Apotheosis of Democracy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bartlett, Paul Wayland, 1865-1925, sculptor.
    Founderie Cooperative des Artistes, founder.
    Title: 
    Study for Apotheosis of Democracy, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Study for Peaceful Democracy and Genius, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1909.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with dark brown patina; Base: wood.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 56 x 54.5 x 18 in.; Base: approx. 30.5 x 57 x 20 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper right side of bronze base of sculpture:) P.W.B. SKETCH / Founderie Cooperative/Des Artistes/ Paris signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    An allegorical female figure dressed in long robes and a breast plate stands with a shield held in her proper left hand and her proper right hand extended protectively over the head of a small winged child seated at her feet. The child holds a torch in its proper right hand and a harp in its proper left hand.
    Subject: 
    Study
    Allegory -- Civic -- Democracy
    Allegory -- Quality -- Prudence
    Figure group -- Female & Child
    Object Type: 
    Model
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Greensburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Westmoreland Museum of Art, 221 North Main Street, Near entrance to parking lot, Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601 Accession Number: 59.27
    Provenance: 
    Purchased 1959.
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is a study for "Apotheosis of Democracy" located on the east front pediment of the U.S. Capitol, House of Representatives.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    The Permanent Collection: Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA, 1978, no. 32.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    The Permanent Collection: Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA, 1978, pg. 23.
    Image on file.
    Related Works: 
    Study for: 75002419.
    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 45130015
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