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Shrady, Frederick Charles,
Figure -- Full length
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Stamford
Sculpture
Urban Labor, (sculpture).
Artist:
Shrady, Frederick Charles, 1907-1990, sculptor.
Title:
Urban Labor, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated July 12, 1988.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 9 x 6 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 30 x 72 x 47 in.
Inscription:
(On bottom front corner of base,, below proper left leg:) Fecit/F. Shrady (On front of base:) DEDICATED TO THOSE/WHO LABORED MIGHTILY TO BUILD/
STAMFORD
/1969-1990/A PARTNERSHIP OF LABOR, CITY OF
STAMFORD
,/URBAN REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION/F.D. RICH COMPANY (On front bottom corner of base, under proper left leg of sculpture:) DEDICAVIT/GOV. WM. A. O'NEILL/JULY 12, 1988 signed
Description:
A larger than life-size human figure stands leaning with its weight on its proper right leg and holding onto a ribbon that extends skyward. The figure is placed atop an inscribed rectangular base that rests on a retaining wall around an open plaza.
Subject:
Figure -- Full length
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Connecticut
--
Stamford
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by F. D. Rich Company, Rich Foundation, One Landmark Square,
Stamford
,
Connecticut
06901
Located
300 Atlantic Street,
Stamford
,
Connecticut
Remarks:
The sculpture is dedicated to those who labored to build
Stamford
,
Connecticut
from 1969 through 1990. For related information see: Kathleen Sinclair Wood's "Clues to American Sculpture," Washington: Starrhill Press, 1990.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Connecticut
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 CT000234
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CT000234
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