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Industrial Reliefs, (sculpture). Artist:  Koren, George M., 1911- , sculptor. Johnstone, B. Kenneth, architect. Title:  Industrial Reliefs, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1951. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  6 reliefs. Each: approx. 3 x 5 ft. Inscription:  (Titles appear under each relief:) STEEL/OIL/COAL/TRANSPORTATION/CONSTRUCTION/MANUFACTURING unsigned Description:  Six reliefs representing highly abstracted interpretations of industry's basic materials--steel, oil, and coal as well as industry's basic activities--manufacturing, construction and transportation. They are carved in low relief on the faces of blocks that form the revetment of the porch walls on either side of the entrance doors. On the left side, "steel" is an image of a steel mill; "oil" is an image of an oil refinery; "coal" is an image of a coal factory. On the right side, "manufacturing" is an image of a factory; "construction" is an image of a building being constructed; "transportation" is an image of three grains, side by side, speeding out of the wall. Subject:  Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Transportation Architecture -- Industry -- Refinery Architecture -- Industry -- Mill Architecture -- Industry -- Factory Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Carnegie-Mellon University, Physical Plant, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Located Carnegie-Mellon University, Graduate School of Industrial Administration entrance, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Remarks:  For related information see: "Prix de Rome: North Sider Wins Sculpture's Big Plum," Bulletin Index, 1938 (copy of this article can be found in the Pittsburgh Artist's file in the Arts Division of Carnegie Library); and Jena, Jeanette, "Artist of the Year," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan 6, 1964. References:  Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 210-211. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0217, 1989. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 269. 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 64480137   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 64480137 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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