A. Lund Company. Greenman Keystone, from 2222 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago (demolished circa 1964), 1896. Limestone , 50 x 22 x 16 in., 689 lb. (127 x 55.9 x 40.6 cm, 312.53kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anonymous Arts Recovery Society, 64.258. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 64.258_in_situ_bw.jpg)
A. Lund Company. Greenman Keystone, from 2222 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago (demolished circa 1964), 1896. Limestone , 50 x 22 x 16 in., 689 lb. (127 x 55.9 x 40.6 cm, 312.53kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anonymous Arts Recovery Society, 64.258. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Image courtesy of F Stop Fitzgerald, 64.258_detail.jpg)
Greenman Keystone, from 2222 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago (demolished circa 1964)
American Art
On View: Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
ARCHITECT
A. Lund Company
MEDIUM
Limestone
DATES
1896
DIMENSIONS
50 x 22 x 16 in., 689 lb. (127 x 55.9 x 40.6 cm, 312.53kg) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
64.258
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Anonymous Arts Recovery Society
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Limestone keystone, surface carved in form of greenman/grotesque; central head with wide eyes, dilated nostrils, open mouth displaying teeth and four fangs. Radiating from head are elongated stylized leaves that extend to outer limits of rhomboid.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
CAPTION
A. Lund Company. Greenman Keystone, from 2222 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago (demolished circa 1964), 1896. Limestone
, 50 x 22 x 16 in., 689 lb. (127 x 55.9 x 40.6 cm, 312.53kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anonymous Arts Recovery Society, 64.258. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 64.258_in_situ_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, in situ, 64.258_in_situ_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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