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The Construction Workers, (sculpture). Artist:  Beyer, Richard, 1925-2012, sculptor. Title:  The Construction Workers, (sculpture). Dates:  1982. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast aluminum. Dimensions:  4 figures. Overall: approx. W. 9 1/2 ft. x D. 5 ft.; Each: approx. H. 81 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Four construction workers stand in a row wearing hard hats. The figure on the proper left wears a jacket that is open in the front. He holds the handles of a wheelbarrow in his two hands. There is a shovel in the wheelbarrow. The second man wears an open jacket and lifts his proper left arm to point upwards with his index finger. The third man wears a shirt with a collar and breast-pockets, he holds a scrolled blueprint open with his two hands. The fourth man wears a tool belt with a hammer and other tools hanging from it. He helps to keep the scroll open with his proper left hand, while he raises his proper right hand to his head. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Industry -- Construction Object -- Tool -- Hammer Object -- Tool -- Wagon Object -- Tool -- Shovel Object -- Art Object -- Blueprint Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Sculpture Owner:  Wright Schuchart Inc., 425 Pontius Avenue North, At Republica Street, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  Nearby plaque reads: DEDICATED TO THE/WRIGHT SCHUCHART/FAMILY/OCTOBER 25, 1982. IAS files contain related article from James M. Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 132. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Rupp, James M., "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 133. 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 WA000216   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000216 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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