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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Irmo
     
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    A Token of Friendly Relations, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lodi, Leone, sculptor.
    Title: 
    A Token of Friendly Relations, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1962. Dedicated Nov. 14, 1963.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Travertine.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 10 x 9 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 40 in. x 90 in. x 4 ft.; Platform: approx. 5 in. x 27 ft. x 15 ft. (25 ton).
    Inscription: 
    (On lower right:) Leone Lodi/Scolpi 1962 (Incised on base:) FRANCO MARINOTTI/PRESIDENT OF SNIA VISCOSA/TO ALLIED CHEMICAL/AS A TOKEN OF THE FRIENDLY RELATIONS/BETWEEN THE TWO COMPANIES signed
    Description: 
    Larger than life depiction of the joining of the Latin and American civilizations. Two male figures stand in front of a horse. Both men wear short-sleeved shirts and knee-length trousers. The figure closest to the horse's head holds an upraised torch in his proper right hand and a book is crooked in his proper left arm. The other figure holds a mallet in his proper left hand and his proper right arm is around the proper right shoulder of the first figure. The horse is rearing up, perched on a rocky base by his front legs. Beneath it is a writhing sea-serpent.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male
    Animal -- Horse
    Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
    Allegory -- Life -- Fraternity
    Object -- Other -- Torch
    Object -- Art Tool -- Mallet
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Irmo
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Allied Signal, St. Andrews Road, Irmo, South Carolina
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by Snia Viscosa S.P.A., Italy's largest textile manufacturer, and presented to Allied Signal to commemorate the opening of their nylon plant. IAS files contain additional background information.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.
    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 SC000041
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