Demon Lion Mask, from the Lorillard Building, 87 Gold Street, NYC (demolished 1962)
American Art
CULTURE
American
MEDIUM
Cast iron
DATES
1837
DIMENSIONS
19 x 24 x 6 in., 220 lb. (48.3 x 61 x 15.2 cm, 99.79kg) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
63.239.22
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Anonymous Arts Recovery Society
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Grotesque demon lion mask, painted cast iron. Primitive in quality of design (but not technique). Full face, high cheekbones, bulging eyeballs, protruding tongue and fangs. Heavy creases around mouth.
Source: Lorillard Building, 87 Gold Street, between Spruce and Franklin, NYC; demolished 1962.
One of three masks separating the two-bay facade, attached to cast-iron lintel; the building was known for early use of cast-iron structural parts on the first two floors.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
American. Demon Lion Mask, from the Lorillard Building, 87 Gold Street, NYC (demolished 1962), 1837. Cast iron, 19 x 24 x 6 in., 220 lb. (48.3 x 61 x 15.2 cm, 99.79kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anonymous Arts Recovery Society, 63.239.22. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 63.239.22_in_situ_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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