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Billig, Marcia,
New Arts Foundry,
Figure male -- Full length
Dress -- Accessory
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Toy
Object -- Written Matter
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Wheaton
Sculpture
The Commuter, (sculpture).
Artist:
Billig, Marcia, sculptor.
New Arts Foundry, founder.
Title:
The Commuter, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned Feb. 1989. Copyrighted 1990. July 1991. Dedicated Sept. 1991.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 ft. x 45 x 23 in.; Base: approx. 1 1/2 ft. x 46 in. x 23 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(On sculpture:) MARCIA BILLIG 1990 (copyright symbol) (On base:) The Commuter/Marcia F. Billig/1991/Montgomery County Government/Art in Public Architecture signed
Description:
Full length figure of man roller skating down small ramp. He wears a suit, tie, and hat; he carries a briefcase in proper left hand and a newspaper in proper right hand. He wears four wheeled roller skates; proper right foot leading; proper right arm crossed in front of torso; proper left arm extended back from torso. Figure and ramp are mounted on small base.
Subject:
Figure male
--
Full length
Dress
--
Accessory
--
Hat
Dress
--
Accessory
--
Handbag
Object
--
Toy
--
Sports
Equipment
Object
--
Written Matter
--
Newspaper
Recreation
--
Sport & Play
--
Skating
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
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Maryland
--
Wheaton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Montgomery County, Art in Public Architecture, Department Facilities/Services, 110 North Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Rockville, Maryland 20850
Located Wheaton Metro Station, Georgia Avenue, Reedie Drive, and Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, Maryland
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1992.
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 MD000022
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MD000022
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