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    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: 
    Image
    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 -- 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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