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Rock Hill Gateway: Civitas, (sculpture). Artist:  Flack, Audrey, 1931- , sculptor. Gallis, Michael, architect. Tallix Morris Singer, founder. Title:  Rock Hill Gateway: Civitas, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Civitas (Functional City), (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1988. 1990. Copyrighted May 9, 1990. Dedicated April 5, 1991. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: gilded bronze; Base: marble and granite or concrete (?). Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 12.6 ft. x 3.4 x 2.2; Base: approx. 73 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft. Inscription:  Tallix Morris Singer, Beacon, NY (Front of base:) CIVITAS/with the/lightning bolt of energy/represents Rock Hill/as a Functional City/where living is both/pleasurable and efficient signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Female figure, both hands holding five lightning bolts (of energy) and abstract patterns in a ring high overhead. With bare arms, abdomen and feet, she is draped in fabric (symbolic of Rock Hill's textile heritage) which becomes wings as it billows at her back. Pointed feet just rest on a sphere on a square base. Eyes cast down, long, tightly coiled hair gathered with a ribbon down back. A star on forehead with a rose in hair above. Subject:  Allegory -- Civic Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Quality -- Wealth Landscape -- Weather -- Lightning Object -- Other -- Fabric Object -- Flower -- Rose Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Rock Hill Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Rock Hill, City Management, 155 Johnston Street, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730 Located Intersection of Dave Lyle Boulevard and Gateway, Rock Hill, South Carolina Remarks:  Commissioned by Rock Hill Economic Development Corporation and funded through private donations. The statue is one of four Civitas sculptures and two Masonic columns in a landscaped setting, creating a gateway for the city of Rock Hill. Audrey Flack created the statues; architect Michael Gallis designed the Gateway. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993. 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 SC000024   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture SC000024 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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