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    		• Rolph, Stafford,
     
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    		• Recreation -- Leisure
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Beckley
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Quest, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rolph, Stafford, ca. 1937- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Quest, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated July 18, 1976.
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: steel; Base: brick and mortar.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 24 x 20 x 21 in.; Base: approx. 26 x 32 x 32 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Proper left page of open book:) ROLPH signed
    Description: 
    A seated figure of a nude male. His legs are folded and he is bent over an open book which rests on his lap. He holds the corner of a page of the book in his proper right hand, as if about to turn the page. His proper left arm is bent and his head rests in his proper left hand. The surface of the sculpture is highly textured. The sculpture rests on a rectangular brick and mortar base, flanked by two benches.
    Subject: 
    Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading
    Figure male -- Full length
    Allegory -- Quality -- Prudence
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Beckley
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Raleigh County Public Library, 221 North Kanawha Street, Entrance, Beckley, West Virginia 25801
    Remarks: 
    Inscription on 16 x 16 in. plaque inside library reads: IN APPRECIATION/THE ORIGINAL WELDED STEEL SCULPTURE, "QUEST", BY MILES STAFFORD ROLPH,/ON THE FRONT TERRACE, WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE RALEIGH COUNTY/LIBRARY BOARD TO HONOR THE LOCAL FAMILIES WHOSE GENEROUS GIFTS/MADE POSSIBLE THE NEW RALEIGH COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY./TO THESE FAMILIES AND TO ALL OTHERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED/TOWARD THE CREATION OF THIS REPOSITORY OF OUR CULTURE, THIS/SCULPTURE IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED./FOUNDING FAMILIES/(List of twenty names)/JULY 18, 1976. IAS files contain a dedication program.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992.
    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 WV000080
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