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Basketball, (sculpture). Artist:  Spampinato, Clemente, 1912- , sculptor. Title:  Basketball, (sculpture). Dates:  1957. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 4 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. Inscription:  (Bottom right foot of one of the basketball players:) Clemente Spampinato 1957 signed Description:  Two male figures dressed in school athletic uniforms jump for a basketball. One figure has his proper right hand on the ball while the other figure trys to block the shot with his proper right hand. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Basketball Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Bronx Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New York, Board of Education, Public Art for Public Schools, 28-11 Queens Plaza North - Room 513, Long Island City, New York 11101 Located Public School 140, 916 Eagle Avenue, Entrance, Bronx, New York Remarks:  The sculpture cost $7,500. Final approval was given June 5, 1957. IAS image files contain a historic photograph from the files of the Art Commission of the City of New York. The photograph is dated 1959. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Board of Education, 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 NY000160   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000160 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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