Series of Two Architectural Lions, Marquis One Tower - Atlanta, GA
N 33° 45.664 W 084° 23.159
16S E 742104 N 3738734
Abstact figures of two bronze lions, one a male and one a female, sit upon their bases of black granite on each side of the stairway going from street level up to the Marquis One Tower entrance.
Waymark Code: WMGD66
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2013
Views: 6
The male lion of this set of two lions is at the corner of Peachtree Center Ave NE and John Portman Blvd. This lion sitting upon the black granite base forming the end of the stairway up to the Marguis One Tower entrance. The street address for the Marquis One Tower is engraved into the proper left granite wall facing John Portman Blvd, which reads: Marquis One Tower/ 245 Peachtree Center Ave. The female lion of this pair of abstract lions is also resting upon the black granite at the north end of the same stairway into the same Marquis One Tower building. These abstract figures of lions are created from roughly formed cast bronze shaped into a large feline/lion shape. On the tails of the lions are the sculptor's name and date created, along with the name and city of the founder used. The sculptor signed "O Strebelle 1987" in a script. The founder's name and city, De Andreis Milano, is printed following the 1987 date of the sculpture.
The lion shapes are 13 feet long, 5 feet high, and 6 feet across.
There is a second set of similar lions found in matching positions on the neighboring twin Marquis Two Tower at the next intersection. That makes four Strebelle abstract lion sculptures in one block.
Additional references:
TITLE: Series of Two Architectural Lions, (sculpture).
ARTIST(S): Olivier Strebelle, sculptor;
DATE: 1987
MEDIUM: cast bronze
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS GA000123
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Marquis One Tower
245 Peachtree Center Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
(corner of Peachtree Center Avenue NE and John Portman Blvd)
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
no description of the sculptor's signature or the founder's name is given in the description in SIRIS.
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