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Skaters, (sculpture). Artist:  Bermani, Filippo, sculptor. McDermott Brothers Company, founder. Title:  Skaters, (sculpture). Dates:  1986. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Steel. Dimensions:  4 pieces. Each piece: approx. H. 8 ft. x W. 8 ft. Inscription:  signed Description:  Two, two-dimensional groupings, each with two identical positive or negative images of a skater are set around a pond. The skater leans forward with a leg extended backward and an arm upraised. The positive images are made of cutout steel and are bordered by wooden planks. The negative images are cutouts in rectangular steel plates. Each piece sits directly on the ground. Subject:  Figure -- Full length Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Skating Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Allentown Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Allentown, Parks Department, 2700 Parkway Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18104 Located Union Terrace Park, North & south sides of pond, Allentown, Pennsylvania Provenance:  Formerly located Lake Muhlenberg, Hamilton & Ott, Allentown, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The sculpture was a gift of Philip and Muriel Berman. IAS files contain excerpts from booklets: Myra Yellin Goldfarb's "Stepping Stones into the Past: Allentown's Outdoor Public Sculpture, 1900-1988," City of Allentown: pg. 88-90; and Myra Yellin Goldfarb's "Sculpture in the Park: From the Collection of Muriel and Philip Berman," Allentown, PA: Musselman Advertising, 1989; and a newspaper article from the Allentown Morning Call, Oct. 17, 1986. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Goldfarb, Myra Yellin, "Sculpture in the Park: From the Collection of Muriel and Philip Berman," Allentown, PA: Musselman Advertising, 1989. 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 PA001288   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001288 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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