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    		• Sartory, Barna von,
     
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    		• Baker, Keith,
     
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    		• Kovach, Charles,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Gate
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Law and Society, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Sartory, Barna von, sculptor.
    Baker, Keith, assistant.
    Kovach, Charles, assistant.
    Title: 
    Law and Society, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1972. Dedicated Oct. 18, 1972.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Block: Indiana limestone; Portal: stainless steel; Foundation: concrete pads.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 13 ft. 3 in. x 12 ft. x 5 ft. 5 in.; Foundation: approx. 1 1/2 in. x 2 ft. x 5 ft. 5 in. (35 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (On west side of portal:) LAW AND SOCIETY/To commemorate the/One Hundredth Anniversary of the/Cincinnati Bar Association/and to exemplify the permanence/and strength of law's support/of society. This gift to the/City of Cincinnati, on February 27,/1972, was made possible by the/generosity of Charles Sawyer/Sculptor: Barna von Sartory signed
    Description: 
    This abstract sculpture consists of a 35 ton block of limestone, roughly hewn, atop a polished stainless steel portal. The block extends over either side of the portal. The narrower sides of the block contain parallel etched lines. The stainless steel portal is a post and lintel structure and is used as a gateway to the riverwalk in Sawyer Point Park. The artist stated that the sculpture represents how laws support the masses that make up society -- the man-made elements (steel) representing man's laws, upholding the organic mass (stone), representing man's social structure.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Allegory -- Civic -- Law
    Object Type: 
    Gate
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Recreation Commission, 805 Central Avenue, Suite 800, Two Centennial Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
    Located Sawyer Point Park, Bicentennial Commons, under the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Sawyer Point Park, Riverfront, Cincinnati, Ohio 1984-1988.
    Government Square, Cincinnati, Ohio 1980-1984.
    Fountain Square, East Side, Cincinnati, Ohio 1972-1980.
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the Cincinnati Bar Association to commemorate its 100th anniversary. Funded by Charles Sawyer. Cost: $25,000. The sculpture was intended to stand in front of the Hamilton County Courthouse, but has never been installed there; instead, it has been located at four different locations in the downtown Cincinnati area.
    IAS files contain copies of articles from the Cincinnati Enquirer, Sept. 24, 1972, which discusses the sculpture in progress; Cincinnati Enquirer, Oct. 22, 1972, which discusses the controversy over the sculpture; The Banner (Robert Bosch Corporation, Broadview, Illinois), 1973 reprint, which mentions the sculptor's assistants, Keith Baker and Charles Kovach; Horizons (University of Cincinnati Magazine) (March 1973), which mentions that the sculpture is supposed to stand outside the courthouse; Cincinnati Enquirer, May 24, 1987, and Artscape (Sept. 1991), both of which discuss the controversy over the sculpture, and its relocations. IAS files also contain a copy of a newspaper photograph and caption from the Cincinnati Post, Dec. 19, 1984, showing a crane about to lift the sculpture to be moved from Government Square to Sawyer Point Park.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1992.
    Groene, Lela Lineberger, "Rolling Stones," Artscape (Sept. 1991): pg. 26-29.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, May 24, 1987, pg. B-1, B-2.
    Cincinnati Post, Dec. 19, 1984.
    Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980.
    "The Sculpture on the Square," Horizons (University of Cincinnati Magazine) (March 1973): pg. 8.
    The Banner (Robert Bosch Corporation, Broadview, Illinois), 1973 (reprint).
    Cincinnati Enquirer, Oct. 22, 1972.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, Sept. 24, 1972.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 158.
    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 87830135
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