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The Last Supper, (sculpture). Artist:  Szukalski, Albert, 1945- , sculptor. Title:  The Last Supper, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Ghosts, (sculpture). Dates:  1984. Dedicated Oct. 27, 1984. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: white painted fiberglass, metal, and plastic; Base: wood. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 9 ft. x 40 in.; Base: approx. 49 in. x 58 in. x 6 ft. Inscription:  (Wooden sign on front, center of base:) THE LAST SUPPER/1984 BY A. SZUKALSKI unsigned Description:  Five groups of standing and seated, shrouded figures posed as in Da Vinci's "Last Supper" fresco. The figures are suggested by the shapes of the shrouds only. In the center is a standing figure which is flanked on either side by two groups of three figures, thus there are a total of thirteen figures in all. Subject:  Religion -- New Testament -- Last Supper Fantasy -- Ghost Object -- Furniture -- Chair Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Rhyolite Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Goldwell Open Air Museum, Route 374, Amargosa Valley, Nevada 89020 Located 2.5 miles east of Beatty, Rhyolite, Nevada Remarks:  This sculpture is a restoration from a piece that was originally located outside of Beatty. The original was repeatedly vandalized and six of the figures broken. Initially, the artist planned for a table, suggested by the way of laser, fiber optics or neon line, to go in front of the figures. IAS files contain related excerpt from the book "Roadside America" by Kirby Barth, Smith, and Wilkins, NY: Simons & Schuster, 1986, pg. 150. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada 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 NV000006   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NV000006 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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