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    		• McKenzie, R. Tait,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Eight, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    McKenzie, R. Tait, 1867-1938, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Eight, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Oarsmen Carrying Their Shell, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1930. Copyrighted 1930.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Figure group: bronze; Base: painted concrete, reinforced with metal.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure group: approx. 26 x 107 x 11 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 43 x 142 x 25 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of bronze plinth at proper right:) R. Tait McKenzie/(copyright symbol) sc. 1930 signed
    Description: 
    Eight nude men holding a crew shell above their heads. The proper left end of the shell resembles a fish head, and the proper right end resembles a fish tail.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male -- Nude
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Boating
    Architecture -- Boat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Curator, 100 College Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    Located University of Pennsylvania, Gimbel Gymnasium, Sculpture Garden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Robinette, Edward,
    Philadelphia Racquet Club,
    White, J. William,
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was formerly located in the lobby of Houston Hall. The sculpture was donated by the J. William White Foundation.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1992.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    University of Pennsylvania, University Archives, 1970.
    Kozar, Andrew J., "The Sport Sculpture of R. Tait McKenzie," Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Books, 1992, pg. 60-61.
    Kozar, Andrew J., "R. Tait McKenzie: The Sculptor of Athletes," Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1975, pg. 70.
    Lloyd P. Jones Gallery and Court of Sculpture by R. Tait McKenzie (brochure), no. 2.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Kozar, Andrew J., "The Sport Sculpture of R. Tait McKenzie," Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Books, 1992, color plate 19.
    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 77001608
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