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Murphy Scene, (sculpture). Artist:  Battenberg, John, 1931- , sculptor. Title:  Murphy Scene, (sculpture). Dates:  1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: steel, painted blue; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 17 x 12 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 8 in. x 9 ft. x 8 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Silhouettes of human figures, a red-tailed hawk, a sun and a fruit tree, set perhaps in an orchard. There are orchard workers, or farmers, four male figures with farming tools including, perhaps, a hoe and a shovel, and female figure and a child with a baseball bat and hat. The sculpture includes an elevated platform, supported by poles or beams set into a concrete base. Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Farm -- Harvesting Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun Landscape -- Orchard Animal -- Bird -- Hawk Allegory -- Place -- Sunnyvalle Allegory -- Life Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sunnyvale Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Sunnyvale, 550 East Remington, P. O. Box 3707, Sunnyvale Community Center, Sunnyvale, California 94088 Located Murphy Avenue & Washington, Sunnyvale, California Remarks:  Nearby plaque reads: MURPHY STREET SCENE/SCULPTURE BY JOHN BATTENBERG/AUGUST 26, 1989/MURPHY STREET SCENE WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE/CITY OF SUNNYVALE IN 1988-1989 AS PART OF ITS/MASTER PLAN FOR PUBLIC ART. THE SCULPTURE IS A/SALUTE TO WORKERS AND NATIVES OF THE/SUNNYVALE AREA BOTH PAST AND PRESENT. SEVERAL/OF THE FIGURES REPRESENT THE ORCHARD WORKERS/IN SUNNYVALE BEFORE ITS TRANSFORMATION TO A/HIGH TECH CENTER. A UNIVERSAL FRUIT TREE/SYMBOLIZES GROWTH AND AGRICULTURE AND THE RED/TAILED HAWK IS ONE OF THE AREA'S OLDEST RESIDENTS. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA000720   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000720 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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