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Bleifeld, Stanley,
Figure group -- Family
Performing Arts -- Circus
Object -- Toy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Orlando
Sculpture
The Family of Acrobats, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bleifeld, Stanley, 1924- , sculptor.
Title:
The Family of Acrobats, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Family of Acrobatics, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1973. Rededicated 1989.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figures: bronze; Bases: granite (?).
Dimensions:
3 sculpture groupings. Overall: H. 17 ft.
Inscription:
SBleifeld (copyright symbol) '73 signed
Description:
A grouping of four acrobats
performing
atop spheres on three rectangular bases, set in triangular formation. Atop one sphere, a boy stands on only his proper right foot and holds a ball above his head with his proper right hand. Atop another sphere, a girl stands balancing on only her proper right foot, with arms spread to her sides. On the third base, a mother balances a young child, doing a handstand, in her upraised proper left hand.
Subject:
Figure group
--
Family
Performing
Arts
--
Circus
--
Acrobat
Object
--
Toy
--
Ball
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Florida
--
Orlando
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Orlando, Orlando Public Art Program, 400 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801
Located Bob Carr
Performing
Arts
Centre, 401 West Livingston Street, Orlando, Florida
Remarks:
Donated by the Fashion Square Merchants Association. Originally placed and dedicated at the Fashion Square Mall in 1973; moved to current site and rededicated 1989. IAS files contain a diagram with detailed dimensions of each figure.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida survey, 1995.
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 FL000350
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
FL000350
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