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    		• Strasil, Harry, Jr.,
     
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    		• Architecture -- Industry
     
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    		• Homage -- Falter, John Philip
     
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    		• Occupation -- Art
     
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    		• Bench
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Falls City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Untitled (Standpipe), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Strasil, Harry, Jr., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Untitled (Standpipe), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    (Standpipe), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted metal; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 15 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 1 in. x 7 ft. 1 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On sculpture:) FALTER PARK/FALLS CITY (On west side of base:) IN FOND MEMORY/OF HIS INSPIRATION/AND ENCOURAGEMENT/WE GIVE THIS LAND FOR THE/JOHN PHILIP FALTER/PARK/CONNIE, SANDY, AND DOUG/APPLEOFF (On north side of base:) VIEW FROM THE STANDPIPE/THIS PARK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN/PHILIP FALTER, A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF/ILLUSTRATORS AND ELECTED TO ITS HALL OF FAME:/AN ACADEMICIAN IN THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF/WESTERN ART; WIDELY KNOWN FOR HIS 3M CO./BICENTENNIAL PAINTINGS AND HIS 185 SATURDAY/EVENING POST COVERS. MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS/WERE INFLUENCED BY HIS VIEW FROM THE ORIGINAL/FALLS CITY STANDPIPE LOCATED ON THIS SITE. THE/FOUR ADJACENT CEMENT PLATFORMS ARE THE/LOCATIONS OF THE ORIGINAL FOOTINGS. HE WARMLY/CLAIMED FALLS CITY AS HIS HOME TOWN AND/TREASURED HIS NEBRASKA TIES AND FRIENDSHIPS. unsigned
    Description: 
    "Miniature replica of original Falls City Standpipe. Metal structure bolted on concrete base. Supports are painted black and tank is painted white with text: FALTER PARK/FALLS CITY. It is surrounded by four concrete pedestals that were the original footings to the original standpipe. Base of sculpture is designed as bench 17 in. high and wraps around all four sides of the base."
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Industry -- Waterwork
    Homage -- Falter, John Philip
    Occupation -- Art -- Illustrator
    Object Type: 
    Bench
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Falls City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Falls City, 2224 Chase Street, Falls City, Nebraska 68355
    Located Falter Park, 26th & John P. Falter Drive, Falls City, Nebraska
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain copy of newspaper article from Falls City Journal (Falls City, Nebraska), May 15, 1989, which discusses the dedication.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994.
    Falls City Journal (Falls City, Nebraska), May 15, 1989, pg. 1, 5.
    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 NE000033
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