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    		• King, William,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Bus Stop, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    King, William, 1925-2015, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Bus Stop, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Bus Stop: A Sculpture of 9 Aluminum Men, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1986. Dedicated March 15, 1986.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Aluminum.
    Dimensions: 
    9 figures. Each figure: approx. 11 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 8 in. x 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left arm of seated figure located the furthest west of Colorado Street on 4th Street:) W King 1986 signed
    Description: 
    Nine abstract male figures, situated along an elevated sidewalk or attached to building facade. All of the figures are constructed of flat, rectangular pieces of aluminum, bolted together at the figure's joints. Some of the figures stand with hands on hips, others sit with a hand on a knee or with legs crossed at the ankles. Some figures are grouped together.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Figure male -- Full length
    Figure group -- Male
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located 4th & Colorado Streets, Austin, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Plaque on wall of office building near sculpture installation reads: Bus Stop/A Sculpture/9 Aluminum/Figures/by/William King/unveiled/15 March 1986. IAS files contain an excerpt from Bette Redman Reichman's "Sculpture in Austin," Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, 1989, pg. 10 and 22. IAS files contain image of only three of the nine figures.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Reichman, Bette Redman, "Sculpture in Austin," Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, 1989, pg. 22.
    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 TX000893
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