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We Didn't Know It Couldn't Be Done, (sculpture). Artist:  Alexander, Malcolm, sculptor. Title:  We Didn't Know It Couldn't Be Done, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Working Model for Alaskan Pipeline Monument, (sculpture). They Said It Couldn't Be Done, (sculpture). Dates:  1979. Dedicated April 9, 1981. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 32 x 96 x 96 in. Inscription:  (On back right corner:) Alexander 1979 (copyright symbol) Atlantic Richfield signed Description:  Five full-length figures gathered in a circle facing outward. The figures represent workers on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. The figures include a welder, a surveyor wearing a parka shielding his eyes from the sun, a native Alaskan laborer with a shovel, a woman, and an engineer wearing a hard hat. The bronze sculpture stands on a stone base. Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Industry -- Oil Occupation -- Industry -- Engineering Occupation -- Labor Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Lufkin Model Sculpture Owner:  Museum of East Texas, Director, 503 North Second, Lufkin, Texas 75901 Provenance:  Gift of Henderson, Simon, Jr. & Loucille, Remarks:  The sculpture was a gift to the museum from Simon and Loucille Hernderson, Jr. The sculpture is a model of the sculpture commissioned by Atlantic Richfield and installed in Valdez, Alaska (IAS record AK000070). IAS files contain copy of related museum information sheet. IAS files contain copy of related dedication brochure of the monument in Valdez, AK. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Related Works:  Model for: AK000070. 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 TX001035   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX001035 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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