Series of Two Architectural Lions, Marquis Two Tower - Atlanta, GA
N 33° 45.730 W 084° 23.158
16S E 742103 N 3738856
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 Two Tower entrance.
Waymark Code: WMGD6C
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2013
Views: 2
The male lion of this set of two lions is at the corner of Peachtree Center Ave NE and Baker Street NE. This male lion sitting upon the black granite base forming the north end of the stairway up to the Marguis Two Tower entrance. The female lion of this pair of abstract lions is also resting upon the black granite at the south end of the same stairway into the same Marquis Two Tower building. The street address for the Marquis Two Tower is engraved into the proper left granite wall on which the female lion figure rests. The engraving reads: Marquis Two Tower/ 285 Peachtree Center Ave. These abstract figures of lions are created from roughly formed cast bronze shaped into these large feline/lion figures. 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 One Tower at the next intersection to the south. That makes four Strebelle abstract lion sculptures in one block.
TITLE: Series of Two Architectural Lions, (sculpture)
ARTIST(S): Olivier Strebelle, sculptor;
DATE: 1987
MEDIUM: cast bronze
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS GA000079
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Marquis Two Tower
285 Peachtree Center Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
(corner of Peachtree Center Avenue NE and Baker Street NE)
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The SIRIS entry does not indicate the sculptor's signature, date of creation, and founder's name are on the lion's tail.
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