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    		• Holabird & Root,
     
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    		• Buffington, Le Roy,
     
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    		• C. F. Haglin & Son,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Rand Tower), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Holabird & Root, architectural firm.
    Buffington, Le Roy, architect.
    C. F. Haglin & Son, contractor.
    Title: 
    (Rand Tower), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Dain Tower, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1929. Dedicated 1929.
    Medium: 
    Stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 5 ft. x W. 10 ft. 4 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Reliefs on building facade, above doorway and ground floor windows. The relief above the doorway consists of two figures, seen in profile, kneeling with their backs to each other. They each hold an airplane in their hands. They wear loins cloths and winged helmets. The two figures are connected by an abstract set of wings that spreads out behind them. The window reliefs depict organic or plant motifs. These panels are also connected with an abstract set of wings.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
    Relief
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Reliance Real Estate Services, Property Management Division, 527 Marquette Avenue South, Suite 2000, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
    Located Dain Tower Building, 527 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Rand Tower, 527 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture dates from 1929 and the building, designed by Holabird & Root, was then known as the Rand Tower. Nearby plaque reads: WHEN COMPLETED IN 1929,/THE RAND TOWER WAS THE/PREMIERE OFFICE BUILDING/IN MINNEAPOLIS,/DESIGNATED BY HOLABIRD AND ROOT/AND CONSTRUCTED BY C.F.HAGLIN AND SON/IT WAS CONCEIVED/BY RUFUS R. RAND/AND OWNED BY THE RAND HOLDING COMPANY/PLAQUE ERECTED BY/DAIN, KALMAN AND QUAIL/INCORPORATED." For related article see the Minneapolis Tribune, Feb. 17, 1929; and the Minneapolis Star, Sept. 2, 1970. The Minneaplis Public Library's Special Collections Department (downtown branch) has a folder of related news clips and brochures.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993.
    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 MN000331
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