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    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: 
    Image Image Image Image
    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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