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Art Research & Technology,
Adams Brothers,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Industry
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Tool
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Cornwall
Sculpture
Untitled, (sculpture).
Artist:
Art Research & Technology, founder.
Adams Brothers, fabricator.
Title:
Untitled, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Cornwall Ore Miner, (sculpture).
Dates:
1993. Dedicated Dec. 5, 1993.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: cast bronze; Base: limestone; Foundation: concrete.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. H. 5 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
Art Research Technology Limited (Metal plaque on front of base, raised:) 1742 - 1973/THIS STATUE WAS PLACED HERE TO COMMEMORATE ALL/EMPLOYEES WHO WORKED FOR THE CORNWALL MINES DIVISION./A SINCERE THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE/THIS PROJECT POSSIBLE./CORNWALL MINERS ASSOCIATION/DEDICATED 1993 unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
An ore miner stands holding a shovel to his side with his proper right hand. He wears glasses and a helmet with an attached lantern. A cable line attaches the lantern to a power-pack worn on the back of his belt. He stands atop a two-tiered base with an inscribed plaque.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet
Object -- Tool -- Shovel
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Cornwall
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Cornwall Lebanon School District, P. O. Box 667, Cornwall, Pennsylvania 17016
Located Cornwall Elementary School, Burd Coleman Road, Cornwall, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Cost of $27,000 paid through contributions of miners, their families, local businesses, and state-allocated funds. Adams Brothers did the mounting and stonework and the plaque was made by the Zimmerman Foundry. Commemorates all employees of the Cornwall Mines Division, which operated 1742-1973. For a related article see: The Lebanon Daily News (PA), Dec. 5, 1993.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
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 PA000355
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