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Eino,
Occupation -- Sport
Ceremony -- Festival
Portrait male -- Viren, Lasse
Ethnic -- Finnish
Portrait male -- Quax, Dick
Ethnic -- New Zealandic
Portrait male -- Hildebrand, Klaus-Peter
Ethnic -- German
Portrait male -- Dixon, Rod
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Sculpture
Last Meter, (sculpture).
Artist:
Eino, 1940- , sculptor.
Title:
Last Meter, (sculpture).
Dates:
1998.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: 90 in. x 11 ft. x 5 ft.; Base: 36 in. x 13 ft. x 80 in. (2,500 lbs.).
Inscription:
(Incised on base:) THE LAST METER/SCULPTOR EINO/CELEBRATION OF THE 1996 CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES/GIFTED BY/ASICS POWER BAR signed
Description:
Four runners at the finish line of the 5000 meter final from the 1976 Montreal
Olympics
. The runner on the far right is stumbling. The featured athletes are Lasse Viren (Finland, 1st place), Dick Quax (New Zealand, 2nd place), Klaus-Peter Hildebrand (Germany, 3rd place) and Rod Dixon (New Zealand, 4th place).
Subject:
Occupation
--
Sport
--
Track & Field
Ceremony
--
Festival
--
Olympics
Portrait male
--
Viren, Lasse
--
Full length
Ethnic
--
Finnish
Portrait male
--
Quax, Dick
--
Full length
Ethnic
--
New Zealandic
Portrait male
--
Hildebrand, Klaus-Peter
--
Full length
Ethnic
--
German
Portrait male
--
Dixon, Rod
--
Full length
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Georgia
--
Atlanta
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by City of Atlanta, Department of Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Affairs, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Coadministered by Piedmont Park Conservancy, Atlanta, Georgia
Located Piedmont Park, Piedmont & 14th Street gate, Atlanta, Georgia
Remarks:
The first editon of this sculpture was commissioned by Polar Electro, Oy, Kempele, Finland for the 1996
Olympics
. It was on loan to the City of Atlanta for the duration of the games which were held in that city in 1996. The sculpture was displayed in Piedmont Park. After the games, the first edition was returned to Finland. This second edition was funded by the Power Bar Corporation, Asics Tiger Corporation and the Finnish American Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta.
References:
Ely, Karla, 1999.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Eino, "Eino: a Presentation of Sculpture," [n. l.]: Eino, 1993, pg. 93.
Headlines (The Finnish American Chamber of Commerce Publication) (Feb. 1998): cover, pg. 29.
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 9D820004
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