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Matteson, Ira,
Ornamental Iron Works,
Figure male -- Full length
Figure male -- Nude
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Akron
Sculpture
Standing Man, (sculpture).
Artist:
Matteson
,
Ira
,
1917-
,
sculptor
.
Ornamental Iron Works, founder.
Title:
Standing Man, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Figure Bend, (sculpture).
Dates:
1977.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: naval brass; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Approx. 8 ft. x 39 in. x 3/8 in.
Inscription:
Matteson
signed
Description:
Abstract representation, in silhouette, of a standing man with proper right arm bent at elbow and held against body, proper left arm straight at side. Figure is rendered almost two-dimensionally without any articulation of limbs or features. Possibly meant to represent a nude.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Figure male -- Nude
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Akron
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Akron, Facilities Maintenance, 217 South High Street, Akron, Ohio 44308
Located Cascade Plaza, Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308
Provenance:
Gift of Akron Bar Association, Akron, Ohio 1977.
Remarks:
IAS files contain transcription from nearby associated plaque. Sculpture commissioned by the Akron Bar Association and its women's auxiliary for $9,000 to commemorate Akron's Sesquicentennial in 1975 (coincided with the Bar Association's centennial in the same year).
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland 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 OH000101
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000101
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