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Aitken, Robert,
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Figure group -- Nude
Object -- Musical Instrument
Object -- Art Tool
Object -- Art Tool
Object -- Art Tool
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Jefferson City
Sculpture
The Arts, (sculpture).
Artist:
Aitken, Robert, 1878-1949, sculptor.
Title:
The Arts, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 6, 1924.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. x 7 ft.; Lower basin: approx. Diam. 35 ft.; Upper basin: approx. Diam. 11 ft.
Inscription:
Aitken signed
Description:
Four figures representing the Arts. Architecture is a
nude
male
figure
supporting a Greek pillar; Sculpture is a
nude
male
figure
working on a piece of stone with a chisel and mallet; Painting is a
nude
female
figure
holding a palette and brush; Music is a
nude
female
figure
holding a lyre.
Subject:
Allegory
--
Arts & Sciences
--
Architecture
Allegory
--
Arts & Sciences
--
Art
Allegory
--
Arts & Sciences
--
Music
Allegory
--
Arts & Sciences
--
Sculpture
Figure
group
--
Nude
Object
--
Musical Instrument
--
Lyre
Object
--
Art Tool
--
Artist's Brush
Object
--
Art Tool
--
Palette
Object
--
Art Tool
--
Chisel
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Missouri
--
Jefferson City
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of Missouri, Office of Administration, Division of Facilities Management, 301 West High Street, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
Located Missouri State Capitol, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
Remarks:
IAS files contain clipping from News & Tribune (Jefferson City, MO) Dec. 4, 1985, pg. 1-A.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri survey, 1994.
Missouri Capitol Commission Board, "The Missouri State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Missouri Capitol Commission Board, "The Missouri State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed., (Pickard: Report of the Capitol Decoration Commission: pg. 44, 146).
News & Tribune (Jefferson City, MO) Dec. 4, 1985, pg. 1-A.
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 27620012
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Inventory of American Sculpture
27620012
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