Sculptor:

Unknown  Search this

Architect:

Post, George Browne 1837-1913  Search this

Medium:

Terra cotta, originally polychromed

Type:

Sculptures-Architectural component

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by E. V. Bishoff Company 355 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Located Park Building 355 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Date:

1896

Notes:

Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 79.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0165, 1989.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

Summary:

Along the top of the building, between the colonnade and the cornice, there is a row of eleven almost fully rounded reliefs of kneeling nude males, telamones. Each figure kneels on his proper left knee.

Topic:

Figure group--Male--Nude  Search this

Mythology--Classical--Telamon  Search this

Control number:

IAS 64480047

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_26788