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Start to Finish, (sculpture). Artist:  Greenamyer, George, 1939- , sculptor. Title:  Start to Finish, (sculpture). Dates:  1991. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: forged and fabricated steel, painted with enamel; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 15 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.; Base: 4 pedestals, each diam. approx. 24 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Figures depicting four stages of the manufacturing process are situated on a steel platform, which is on top of four tall steel pipes, which are bolted to four concrete pedestals set in the ground. On the east corner of the platform, two small and two large figures are holding a dumptruck, while one of the figures, a female, holds a stethoscope to the ore in the truck; according to the artist, this group depicts miners bringing material to a scientist for evaluation. On the west corner, one small and one large figure work with a machine; according to the artist, this group depicts a scientist doing an evaluation with a computer and with the aid of a technician. On the north corner, one small and one large figure wearing welding masks hold large calipers near a welding machine. On the south corner, two figures hand a tractor to a third figure; according to the artist, this group depicts a technician and a laboratory director giving a finished John Deere tractor to a representative of a company. Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Industry Occupation -- Science Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Ames Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Iowa State University, University Museums, Brunnier Art Museum, 290 Scheman Building, Ames, Iowa 50011 Located Iowa State University, Applied Sciences Center, Scholl Road, Ames, Iowa Remarks:  Funded as part of Iowa's Art in State Building Program. Marker west of sculpture reads: George Mossman Greenamyer/"START TO FINISH", 1990/Forged and Fabricated Steel/APPLIED SCIENCES CENTER ART IN STATE/BUILDINGS PROGRAM/IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY. IAS files contain unpublished archival material, including artist's narrative of the sculpture. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa 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 IA000002   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IA000002 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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