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Floyd, Carl,
Figure group
Occupation -- Transportation
Occupation -- Industry
Object -- Tool
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Clare
Sculpture
Michigan
Department of Transportation Employee Memorial, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Floyd, Carl, 1936- , sculptor.
Title:
Michigan
Department of Transportation Employee Memorial, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
MDOT Memorial, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Dedicated May 18, 1994.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sheet steel, diamond steel and other metals.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. 8 x 60 x 15 ft.
Inscription:
(On plaque on saw horse:)
Michigan
Department of Transportation/Employee Memorial/These seven steel sculptures are a permanent tribute/to
Michigan
Department of Transportation workers/who lost their lives in job-related accidents while/working for you and the State of
Michigan
./Each figure represents an MDOT work activity and is/constructed from materials salvaged from highway/jobs. Both current and retired MDOT employees/independently raised the funds to pay for this tribute./Sculptor: Carl Floyd/Dedicated: May 18, 1994 unsigned
Description:
Figurative grouping consists of four men, two women and a saw horse, seen in flat silhouettes. The figures are engaged in Highway Department work activities and all wear hard hats and work clothes. Five of the figures and the saw horse comprise the central group. One of the male figures holds a stop sign. Another is digging with his proper right foot pushing the shovel downward. An engineer holds unfurled blueprints in both hands and wears a necktie. The remaining male figure wears a coat with an upturned collar and holds a book-like object in his proper right hand. The two female figures are surveying. One of the female figures has braided hair and is operating a surveying device. She stands in the central grouping. The other female figure stands across the plaza and is holding a surveyor's rod. The
sculpture
is installed on a brick plaza.
Subject:
Figure group
Occupation
--
Transportation
Occupation
--
Industry
--
Engineering
Object
--
Tool
--
Measuring Device
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Michigan
--
Clare
Sculpture
Owner:
State of
Michigan
, Department of Transportation, U. S. Highway 27, Rest area, North of
Clare
,
Clare
,
Michigan
Remarks:
The
sculpture
was erected in memory of Department of Transportation employees who were killed on the job. It was funded by other department employees and retired employees.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Michigan
survey, 1994.
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 MI000592
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Control Number
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MI000592
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