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Koepnick, Robert C.,
Pretzinger,
Tock, Michael,
Clark, Roy,
Barnes, Dennis,
Valentine Matchplate Company,
Figure group
Object -- Written Matter
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Dayton
Sculpture
Untitled, (sculpture).
Artist:
Koepnick, Robert C., 1907-1995, sculptor.
Pretzinger, architect.
Tock, Michael, assistant.
Clark, Roy, assistant.
Barnes, Dennis, assistant.
Valentine Matchplate Company, founder.
Title:
Untitled, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
(People and Books), (sculpture).
(Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library Panel), (sculpture).
Dates:
Cast 1959. 1960. Installed Oct. 11, 1962.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: cast aluminum; Foundation: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 21 ft. x 6 ft. x 10 in.
Description:
Four figures, each holding a book in his or her hand. They stand on a background of open books. The figures are slightly abstract. At the top of the sculpture is a male figure; below him and on his proper right is a female figure; below her and on her proper left is a young male figure; and below him and on his proper right is a young female figure.
Subject:
Figure group
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Literature
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Dayton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, Library Board, 215 East Third Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402
Located Main Library, 215 East Third Street, Facade, Dayton, Ohio
Remarks:
Cost: $6,970. SOS! survey indicates sculpture was cast 1959; however, copy of article from This Month in Your Library (Oct. 1960), indicates that the artist met with the Library's Board of Trustees in Sept. 1960, at which time he suggested his concept for the sculpture and the Board asked him to submit sketches for their consideration. Campen's "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio" reports that the sculpture was completed in 1960.
IAS files contain copy of unidentified newspaper clipping which reports the cost of the sculpture to be $6,970, and copies of articles from This Month in Your Library (Oct. 1960), which discusses the artist's suggestion for the sculpture; This Month in Your Library (Nov. 1962) and (Feb. 1963), both of which discuss the installation; and This Month in Your Library (Oct. 1982), which details the creation of the sculpture.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio survey, 1992.
This Month in Your Library 27 (Oct. 1982).
Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980.
This Month in Your Library (Feb. 1963).
This Month in Your Library 7 (Nov. 1962).
This Month in Your Library 5 (Oct. 1960).
Illustration:
Image on file.
Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 104.
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 87830084
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
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Inventory of American Sculpture
87830084
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