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Sculptor:
Unknown  Search this
Medium:
Relief: concrete; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Award
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Alpha Industrial Center New Brunswick Avenue Alpha New Jersey
Date:
1930
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
Summary:
An allegorical relief, with images of a nude man and woman. Their bodies overlap and their heads are turned, seen in proper right profile. The female, who wears a plumed helmet and a drape over her shoulders, holds a lamp with a flame and a scroll. The male holds a gear to his chest. Both figures are depicted from the waist up. The relief marker is set upon a rectangular base.
Topic:
Figure group--Nude  Search this
Allegory--Quality--Prudence  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Helmet  Search this
Object--Written Matter--Scroll  Search this
Object--Other--Lantern  Search this
Control number:
IAS NJ000409
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_336593