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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Bright, Barney,     Muldoon Monument Company,     Portrait male -- Erving, Julius Winfield, II     Ethnic -- African American     Occupation -- Sport     Object -- Toy     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia     Sculpture

Dr. J., (sculpture). Artist:  Bright, Barney, 1927- , sculptor. Muldoon Monument Company, founder. Title:  Dr. J., (sculpture). Dates:  1987. Copyrighted 1987. Installed 1989. Dedicated Jan. 18, 1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Figure: life-size; Base: approx. 8 x 54 x 60 in. Inscription:  (On proper right, lower side of sculpture:) B. Bright (copyright symbol) 1987 (On shorts:) Dr. J #6 (On shoes:) Converse/76ers/Dr. J (On shirt:) 6/Sixers/Erving signed Description:  A life-size figure of Dr. J, Julius Erving, in the process of jumping to "make a basket." His feet are off of the ground; his proper right leg is bent 45 degrees and his proper left leg about 20 degrees. His body is stretched and reaching upward toward the "basket" (not visible). His proper right arm is straight up and his proper right hand palms the basketball. His proper left arm is straight out to the side for balance. Subject:  Portrait male -- Erving, Julius Winfield, II -- Full length Ethnic -- African American Occupation -- Sport -- Basketball Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Spectrum, Broad Street & Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Inscription on stone plaque on ground in front of the sculpture reads: "Dr. J"/Julius Winfield Erving II/Nine Year Captain of the 76ers/Captain of the 1983 World Champions/NBA Most Valuable Player 1981/11 time NBA All-Star/All-Star MVP 1977, 1983/Member of ABA Champions 1974, 1976/Five Time ABA All-Star/Athlete-Sportsman-Gentleman/This statue given by/Converse, Inc./Prism/and those individual sponsors also listed here./January 18, 1989. A stone plaque to the rear provides list of sponsor names. (Names not included on 1993 SOS survey.) References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. 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 PA000100   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000100 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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