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Artwork
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Title |
Artist |
Date |
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City Hall Frieze, West
|
Albert Stewart |
1931
|
Medium
|
Medium |
Category |
|
Limestone Relief on Architectural
Frieze
|
Relief |
Measurements
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Unit Measure |
Object Height |
Object Width |
Object Depth |
Object Diameter |
|
Feet |
12 |
100 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Unit Measure |
Base Height |
Base Width |
Base Depth |
Base Diameter |
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N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Description
|
Description |
The five groups of figures and dates located above the building's rear
entrance illustrate five historical events in the development of
Buffalo. Depicted from left to right are three Native Americans and a
French Canadian pioneer constructing a log cabin, four surveyors
laboring with period tools, seven Native Americans offering a hatchet
to a colonist, two architects and two laborers with blueprints and
equipment, and two bargemen with a gentleman and a lady boarding a
canal barge.
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Biographical Info.
|
Bio. |
The figures (from left to right) represent French Canadians and Native
Americans meeting in 1758, Holland Land Company surveyors in 1803,
friendship between Buffalo and Seneca Indians in 1810, Buffalo Harbor
project in 1820, and the Erie Canal in 1825.
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Location History
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Location |
Purpose |
Date Verified |
Current Record |
City Hall, front
|
Display |
December 2003 |
Yes |
Conservation/Preservation History
|
Treatment Performed by |
Date Completed |
Previous Object Condition |
New Object Condition |
Previous Base Condition |
New Base Condition |
Current Record |
N/A
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Condition Survey History
|
Surveyed By |
Purpose |
Date Completed |
Object
Condition |
Base Condition |
Current Record |
|
Russell-Marti Conservation Services Inc. and Objects
Conservation |
Comprehensive Condition Survey |
May 2000 |
Very Poor |
N/A |
Yes |
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