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    Seven Generations, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Franck, Frederick, 1909-2006, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Seven Generations, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1991.
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    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Cor-Ten steel and plastic.
    Dimensions: 
    5 pieces. Approx. 8 ft. x 46 in. x 21 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture consisting of five progressively smaller cut-out pieces arranged in a row, so that all pieces can be seen through the first. The first piece is rectangle with a human figure cut out of the center and placed several feet behind it. The next piece has a smaller version of the same figure cut out of it and placed beyond it, and so on to the fifth piece. The fifth piece is connected to a smaller cut-out which has a kidney-shaped red plastic piece bolted to its lower half.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- University Park
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Pennsylvania State University, Facilities Planning Division, Physical Plant Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
    Located Pennsylvania State University, Materials Research Lab, Hastings Road, University Park, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    A nearby plaque reads: The Seven Generations/Frederick Franck/A gift of/Helen Boyle and Mary Boyle/Rustum Roy and Della Roy/1991.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    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 PA000927
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