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    		• Potter, Edward Clark,
     
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    		• Carrere & Hastings,
     
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    		• Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios,
     
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    		• Animal -- Lion
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Lions, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Potter, Edward Clark, 1857-1923, sculptor.
    Carrere & Hastings, architectural firm.
    Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios, carver.
    Title: 
    Lions, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Patience and Fortitude, (sculpture).
    Lady Astor and Lord Lenox, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1910. Installed May 1911.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Tennessee pink marble.
    Dimensions: 
    2 lions. Each lion: approx. 6 ft. 4 in. x 136 in. x 54 in.; Each base: approx. 160 x 136 x 61 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Lion
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of General Services, One Centre Street, New York, New York 10007
    Located New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, Entrance, New York, New York 10018
    Remarks: 
    The lions flank the entrance steps to library and are part of the restrained sculptural program that was devised by the architects. When first installed, the lions were criticized for not appearing regal enough. Their enduring symbolism earned them nicknames such as Patience and Fortitude. One of the lions is pictured in the Gayle and Cohen publication.
    Condition: 
    Surveyed 1993 May. Treatment urgent.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0285, 1989.
    Monumental News, Aug. 1910, pg. 565.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 156.
    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 76007484
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