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Tightrope, (sculpture). Artist:  Spellings, Art, 1950- , sculptor. Title:  Tightrope, (sculpture). Dates:  1973. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted metal sculpture on a concrete and wood base. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 13 ft. L. 55 ft.; Base: 2 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 9 in. Inscription:  (Inscribed in concrete base:) Borns 9 22 75 Description:  Two circus figures perform on a long wooden beam which sits on four concrete bases. A female ballerina is on one end, holding an open umbrella in her proper right hand. Her proper left leg is raised, her proper right foot on tiptoes, as if she were dancing. Farther down the wooden beam is a man on a unicycle, his arms raised holding a horizontal balancing pole which is now missing. His shirt is striped. Subject:  Abstract Performing Arts -- Circus -- Tightrope Walker Figure group Dress -- Accessory -- Umbrella Architecture -- Vehicle -- Unicycle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Borns Management, 200 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225 Located Pickwick Place, 9200 Ditch Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260 Remarks:  According to the SOS survey, the inscription on base refers to the owner, not the artist. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1992. 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 IN000011   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000011 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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