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    		• Behl, Wolfgang,
     
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    		• Atlas Brass and Aluminum,
     
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    		• Advance Welding,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Family
     
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    		• Figure group -- Nude
     
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    		• Homage -- Gengras, E. Clayton Sr.
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Farmington
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Family Group, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Behl, Wolfgang, 1918-1994, sculptor.
    Atlas Brass and Aluminum, founder.
    Advance Welding, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Family Group, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Family, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned ca. 1985. 1986. Dedicated Sept. 11, 1988.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite and black onyx.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 14 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 2.5 x 4 x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plinth, behind large female figure:) (Hand print)/Wolfgang Behl/1986 (On plaque:) Family/by/Wolfgang Behl/In Celebration Of One Of Connecticut's Leading Citizens/E. Clayton Gengras Sr./1908-1983/With Gratitude For The Love He Shared With/His Family And Community/Presented By/The Gengras Family/September 1988 signed
    Description: 
    Elongated nude family group of four figures stands on a round base surrounded by shrubbery. The elongated figures stand in a circle. The parents face each other, a male child stands in the front and a baby is crooked in the woman's proper left arm. Both children reach to touch each parent, forming a closed circle.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Family
    Figure group -- Nude
    Homage -- Gengras, E. Clayton Sr.
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Farmington
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    University of Connecticut Health Center, John Dempsey Hospital, Facilities Management, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut 06032
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the Gengras Family in memory of E. Clayton Gengras, a Connecticut businessman and one-time gubernatorial candidate. The cost was $75,000. Twenty fourteen-inch versions were commissioned by the University of Connecticut Health Center in 1985 to give to donors who contributed $500,000 or more to the Health Center. IAS files include related articles from the Hartford Courant, Aug. 2, 1985, Sept. 9, 1988, Sept. 10, 1988 and Sept. 12, 1988 and the Bristol Press, Sept. 12, 1988.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 CT000344
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