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    		• Stackpole, Ralph,
     
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    		• Miller, James R.,
     
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    		• Pflueger, Timothy L.,
     
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    		• Miller and Pflueger,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Progress of Man, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973, sculptor.
    Miller, James R., d. 1946, architect.
    Pflueger, Timothy L., 1892-1946, architect.
    Miller and Pflueger, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Progress of Man, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1929. Dedicated 1932.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 13 1/2 ft. x 16 ft. 6 in. x 20 in.
    Description: 
    High-relief figure group. A stylized nude full-length male figure stands in the center of the group. His arms are bent and his hands rest at waist-height on the upper edge of a plain round medallion behind him. On each side of the medallion stands a full-length male figure in low-relief. Each figures' head is turned to look away from the central figure. Each of the two figures wears work clothes. Symbols of water and electric power are in the far corners of the sculpture. The granite sculpture is located above the entrance to a building.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
    Relief
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Stock Exchange Tower Associates, Northwest Asset Management, 160 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California 94104
    Located San Francisco Stock Exchange, 155 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by the architect of the San Francisco Stock Exchange for the construction of the new exchange building in 1929. The sculpture was cleaned in 1992. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Charles Hall Page and Associates, "Splendid Survivors: San Francisco Downtown Architectural Heritage", San Francisco: Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage, 1979 pg. 212.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Charles Hall Page and Associates, "Splendid Survivors: San Francisco Downtown Architectural Heritage", San Francisco: Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage, 1979, pg. 212.
    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 CA001741
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