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Gracehoper, (sculpture). Artist:  Smith, Tony, 1912-1980, sculptor. Thienman, Martin, contractor. Lippincott, Inc., fabricator. G. F. Munich Welding Co., contractor. Title:  Gracehoper, (sculpture). Dates:  Designed ca. 1961. Fabricated ca. 1988. Dedicated 1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Steel, painted black. Dimensions:  23 x 22 x 46 ft. (30 tons). Inscription:  unsigned Subject:  Animal -- Insect -- Grasshopper Abstract -- Geometric Literature -- Joyce -- Finnegan's Wake Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville Sculpture Owner:  Kentucky Center for the Arts, 5 Riverfront Plaza, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 Remarks:  IAS files contain newsclipping from Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), June 19, 1988. This sculpture is the second large scale cast of the Gracehoper, authorized by the artist prior to his death. The sculpture was a gift from the Humana Foundation at a cost of one million dollars. It is based on a smaller scale model designed around 1961. The title Gracehoper comes from a line of James Joyce prose from Finnegan's Wake: "The silly billy of a Gracehoper had jingled through a jungle of love and debts and jangled through a jumble of life in doubts afterworse." Nearby plaque reads: TONY SMITH (1918-1980, AMERICAN0/GRACEHOPER/CONCEIVED BETWEEN 1961 AND 1972/BLACK PAINTED STEEL 23' X 22' X 46')/GIFT OF/THE HUMANA FOUNDATION IN APPRECIATION/OF WENDELL CHERRY'S LEADERSHIP AS/FIRST CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE/KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994. Kentucky Center for the Arts, "The Collection at the Kentucky Center for the Arts," (booklet n.d.) Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 66500004   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 66500004 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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