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| − | [[File:Bedford.Stone.Quarries.Co.jpg|thumb|Stone from the Bedford Stone Quarries Company]]
| + | Martin Puryear, American, born 1941 |
| − | == Description ==
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| − | [[File:Louisville.Bedford.Quarry.jpg|thumb|View of the Louisville and Bedford.Quarry]]
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| − | The former name for [[Indiana limestone]] because the first large quarry was near the town of Bedford, Indiana. Now Indiana limestone is quarried over a large area which incorporates most of Lawrence, Owen, and Monroe Counties.
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| − | == Synonyms and Related Terms ==
| + | '''''On the Tundra''''' |
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| − | Indiana limestone
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| − | [[File:Moosier.No.1.jpg|thumb|Hoosier stone]]
| + | Cast iron |
| − | ==Physical and Chemical Properties==
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| − | * Light color, oolitic limestone
| + | 49.5 x 24.1 x 29.2cm (19 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.) |
| − | * Density = 2.163-2.403 g/ml
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| − | ==Resources and Citations==
| + | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Curator's Grant Program of the Peter Norton Family Foundation 1991.620 |
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| − | * Bedford Stone : [http://bedfordlimestonesuppliers.com/ Limestone]
| + | ''for more information see:'' |
| − | | + | [https://collections.mfa.org/objects/35276/on-the-tundra?ctx=24b98a75-7b38-4695-a154-8d4b90b1bbe5&idx=0 MFA Online Collections Database] |
| − | * Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Limestone (accessed May 2022)
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| − | * ''Dictionary of Building Preservation'', Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
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| − | * Frank A. Lent, ''Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries.'', Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925
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| − | * Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
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| − | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971
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Martin Puryear, American, born 1941
On the Tundra
1986
Cast iron
49.5 x 24.1 x 29.2cm (19 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Curator's Grant Program of the Peter Norton Family Foundation 1991.620
for more information see:
MFA Online Collections Database
