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Figure group -- Female
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Other
Religion -- Old Testament
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Bloomington
Architectural component
Relief
Sculpture
(Foster Quadrangle Relief), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Foster Quadrangle Relief), (sculpture).
Medium:
Limestone.
Dimensions:
Approx. 18 ft. x 6 ft. x 4 in.
Inscription:
(Bottom left, incised:) OPEN MINE EYES/THAT I MAY BEHOLD/WONDROVS THINGS/PSALMS unsigned
Description:
A bas-relief on a building wall of two semi-nude female figures in robed, classical dress. One figure is barefoot with her proper right leg exposed to the thigh, and holds an open book with both hands. Partially obscured above her is the other figure who places her proper left hand on the other female's back and holds an oil lamp of classical design in her upraised proper right hand. Below the relief is an inscription.
Subject:
Figure group -- Female
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object -- Other -- Lantern
Religion -- Old Testament -- Psalms
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Bloomington
Architectural component
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Indiana University, Architect's Office, 700 North Walnut Grove, Service Building, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
Located Indiana University, Ida Husted Harper Hall, John W. Foster Quadrangle, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
Remarks:
Ida Husted Harper Hall was completed during 1962-1963.
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 IN000467
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IN000467
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