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'''''Two Men Reading''''', is a public artwork by an unknown artist, located over the entrance of 601 Fairmont Street, N.W. on the [[Howard University]] campus in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States. ''Two Men Reading'' was originally surveyed as part of the [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian's]] [[Save Outdoor Sculpture!]] survey in 1993.
'''Two Men Reading''', is a public artwork by an Unknown artist, located over the entrance of 601 Fairmont Street, N.W. on the [[Howard University]] campus in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States. "Two Men Reading" was originally surveyed as part of the [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian's]] [[Save Outdoor Sculpture!]] survey in 1993.


==Description==
==Description==
A stone relief that shows two men sitting on chairs across a table from one another. The men are each reading a book and a large lamp sits on the table between the two men. The relief was installed in a semicircular space above the entrance to the building.<ref name="SOS">{{Cite web| author=SOS! | year=1993 | title=(Two Men Reading) (sculpture). | work=Save Outdoor Sculpture | publisher=Smithsonian | url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!322784~!0#focus | access-date= 10 December 2010}}</ref>

A stone relief that shows two men sitting on chairs across a table from one another. The men are each reading a book and a large lamp sits on the table between the two men. The relief was installed in a semicircular space above the entrance to the building. <ref name="SOS">{{Cite web| author=SOS! | year=1993 | title=(Two Men Reading) (sculpture). | work=Save Outdoor Sculpture | publisher=Smithsonian | url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!322784~!0#focus | access-date= 10 December 2010}}</ref>


==Condition==
==Condition==
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[[Category:Artworks in the collection of Howard University]]
[[Category:Stone sculptures in Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Stone sculptures in Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Books in art]]

Revision as of 17:37, 9 December 2022

Two Men Reading
ArtistUnknown
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TypeStone
LocationWashington, D.C.
OwnerHoward University

Two Men Reading, is a public artwork by an Unknown artist, located over the entrance of 601 Fairmont Street, N.W. on the Howard University campus in Washington, D.C., United States. "Two Men Reading" was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993.

Description

A stone relief that shows two men sitting on chairs across a table from one another. The men are each reading a book and a large lamp sits on the table between the two men. The relief was installed in a semicircular space above the entrance to the building.[1]

Condition

This sculpture was surveyed in 1993 for its condition and it was described as "well maintained".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b SOS! (1993). "(Two Men Reading) (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture. Smithsonian. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

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