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  • Natsoulas, Tony,
     
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  • Unknown (Berkeley, California),
     
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  • Figure male -- Full length
     
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  • Object -- Other
     
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  • Emblem -- Heart
     
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  • Object -- Foodstuff
     
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  • Architecture -- Domestic
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sacramento
     
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    Balancing Act Too, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Natsoulas, Tony, 1959- , sculptor.
    Unknown (Berkeley, California), founder.
    Title: 
    Balancing Act Too, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1993. Dedicated Oct. 1993.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze, painted; Foundation: tile and concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 9 x 3 x 5 ft. (350 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On sculpture, proper left, bottom:) This sculpture is/dedicated to/Robert Arneson unsigned
    Description: 
    A man standing on a cylinder on his proper left foot. He wears an orange and green striped t-shirt, purple pants and blue sneakers. On his head, he is balancing some objects including, from bottom to top, an hourglass, a heart, a baby bottle, a chunk of Swiss cheese and a house. Sculpture set on a tile walkway.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object -- Other -- Hourglass
    Emblem -- Heart
    Object -- Foodstuff -- Cheese
    Architecture -- Domestic -- House
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sacramento
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Downtown Plaza Associates, Hahn Company, 540 Downtown Plaza, Sacramento, California 95814
    Located Downtown Plaza Mall, In front of River City Brewing Company, Sacramento, California
    Remarks: 
    According to the artist the objects being balanced represent the essential things people balance in their everyday lives, including love, shelter, food, time and family. Commissioned by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission under the Art in Public Places Program. Dedicated to Robert Arneson. IAS files contain related articles from Sacramento Bee, Oct. 30, 1993, Special Advertising Section, pg. 16 and from Sacramento Sunday Plus, Nov. 7, 1993, pg. 1.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, Sacramento survey, 1994.
    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 CA000653
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