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Monument Corner, (sculpture). Artist:  Millspaugh, Dan, sculptor. Joyner Memorials, fabricator. Title:  Monument Corner, (sculpture). Dates:  1994. Dedicated July 22, 1994. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Granite and bronze. Dimensions:  2 blocks. Overall: approx. 4 ft. 11 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. x 32 in.; Larger block: approx. 4 ft. 11 in. x 26 in. x 26 in. Inscription:  (On polished side of smaller block, incised letters:) "HE WOULD FIND HIS FATHER/IN THE WORKROOM...USING/THE HEAVY WOODEN MALLET/WITH DELICATE CARE, AS HE/GUIDED THE CHISEL THROUGH/THE MAZES OF AN INSCRIPTION/...AS EUGENE SAW HIM, HE/FELT THAT THIS WAS NO COMMON/CRAFTSMAN, BUT A MASTER."/THOMAS WOLFE/LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL unsigned Description:  Four carving tools, a mallet and calipers are placed on a block. The block's top and one side are polished. A larger block with rough edges stands eighteen inches away from the first one. Subject:  Object -- Art Tool -- Mallet Object -- Art Tool -- Caliper Literature -- Wolfe -- Look Homeward, Angel Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Asheville Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Asheville, Downtown Development Office, 29 Haywood Street, Asheville, North Carolina 28801 Located Corner of Patton Avenue & South Market Street, Asheville, North Carolina Remarks:  Nearby plaque reads: MONUMENT CORNER/W.O. Wolfe's tombstone shop, fondly recalled/by his son Thomas in Look Homeward, Angel/once stood on this corner. During the boom of/the 1920's, real estate developer L. B. Jackson/purchased the property from Julia Westall Wolfe/and built Asheville's first skyscraper. Designed/by architect Ronald Greene, the Jackson Building/was completed in 1924./Placed by Charlie and Shirley Anne McCullough. IAS files contain a related pamphlet "Downtown Asheville: the Asheville Urban Trail," City of Asheville, Downtown Development Office, n.d. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina 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 NC000287   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NC000287 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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