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Color photograph of a carved stone lantern standing in an open, grassy area near trees and a wooden fence outside Pine Grove Cemetery. The photograph shows a tall stone structure, possibly a Japanese lantern known as a tōrō or ishidōrō, rising from a square base set on the ground. The base supports a rounded, lotus-like platform from which a cylindrical post extends upward, banded near the middle. Above the post, a housing contains a small window-like opening on the visible side and rests on a thick, beveled platform. A wide, curved roof flares outward from the top of the housing, with each corner bending gently upward, and the lantern is crowned by a rounded, gourd-shaped finial. The stone surface appears rough and mottled, showing signs of age and weathering. Sunlight falls across the surrounding grass, while tall trees and a wooden fence mark the boundary of the area, indicating an outdoor installation outside Pine Grove Cemetery on the grounds of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. One of three carved stone lanterns on the campus, the artist and the work’s precise place of origin and date are unidentified. 1994. Unidentified, photographer. (See p16976-p17020)(NA4800.)

Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) (1990-1995) was a nationwide survey that ran from 1990-1995 documenting America’s outdoor sculpture. Established in 1990, SOS! helped educate local communities about America’s endangered sculptural heritage. The Maine Arts Commission was one of 106 organizations to participate in this survey.

Topic

Sculpture

Collection

MF161

Series Number

NA4800

Identifier

p17002

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Existence and Location of Originals

Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.

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