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Frudakis, Anthony,
Unknown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania),
Gelaspi Company,
Figure group
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Allegory -- Season
Landscape -- Beach
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City
Sculpture
Summer, (sculpture).
Artist:
Frudakis, Anthony, 1953- , sculptor.
Unknown
(
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
),
founder
.
Gelaspi Company, fabricator.
Title:
Summer, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Runners, (sculpture).
Dates:
1985. Dedicated 1986.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 1/2 ft. x 56 in. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 42 x 36 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(On proper right front of sculpture:) Anthony Frudakis 85' (On front of base, incised lettering:) SUMMER (On right side of base:) Anthony Frudakis sculptor 1986 signed
Description:
A young man and young woman in bathing suits run and frolic on the beach. The woman runs with her proper left hand upraised, proper right leg forward and head turned to her proper left. Her long hair blows behind her. The man runs slightly behind her and to her proper left. His proper left leg is forward as he touches her waist on the proper right side with his proper right hand. The sculpture is mounted upon a block base.
Subject:
Figure group
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Swimming
Allegory -- Season -- Summer
Landscape -- Beach
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Tropworld Casino Hotel, Facilities, South Brighton Avenue & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
Located Tropworld Casino, In front, Pacific & Iowa Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned by the Tropicana Casino Hotel, also known as the Tropworld Casino Hotel. Gelaspi Company fabricated the marble base. IAS files contain related articles from the Sunday Press (Atlantic City, NJ), Jan. 26, 1986, pg. F4; and The Press (Atlantic City, NJ), Jan. 11, 1986, pg. 15 and Jan. 27, 1986, pg. 12.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
The Press (Atlantic City, NJ), Jan. 27, 1986, pg. 12.
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 NJ000413
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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