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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids
     
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    (1/23 Scale Model of La Grande Vitesse), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hartsock, Hetzer, sculptor.
    Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976, sculptor. (copy after)
    Watt, Doyle, designer.
    Kinnebrew, Joseph, 1942- , designer.
    Daverman, Herbert, designer.
    Keeler Brass Company, founder.
    Title: 
    (1/23 Scale Model of La Grande Vitesse), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    La Grande Vitesse, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1975. Dedicated May 6, 1976.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze or brass; Base: granite over concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 23 x 30 x 17 in.; Base: approx. 32 x 46 x 46 in. (30 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on base, south side:) CALDER PLAZA/VANDENBERG CENTER/THE SCULPTURE COMMITTEE (12 names follow) (On plaque on base, north side:) THIS IS A 1/23RD SCALE MODEL OF THE GIANT SCULPTURE/CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR VANDENBERG CENTER BY THE GREAT/AMERICAN ARTIST, ALEXANDER CALDER./THE CALDER STABILE IS THE FIRST WORK OF MONUMENTAL/PUBLIC ART IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO BE FINANCED JOINTLY/BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT/FOR THE ARTS ($45,000) AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE COM-/MUNITY ($85,000). NO LOCAL TAX MONIES WERE USED./THE GRAND RAPIDS CALDER IS PAINTED A BRILLIANT/RED-ORANGE. IT IS TITLED "LA GRANDE VITESSE" WHICH/TRANSLATED LITERALLY MEANS "THE GREAT SWIFTNESS" OF MORE/FREELY "THE GRAND RAPIDS." IT IS 54 FEET LONG, 43 FEET/HIGH AND WEIGHS 64,000 POUNDS./THE CALDER WAS DEDICATED JUNE 14, 1969. IT HAS BECOME/THE UNIQUELY IDENTIFIABLE SYMBOL OF GRAND RAPIDS./THIS MODEL WAS RENDERED BY HETZER HARTSOCK AND/CONTRIBUTED THROUGH THE KEELER FUND IN 1975. (There are also plaques on the base in Braille) unsigned
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Allegory -- Place -- Grand Rapids
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids
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    Administered by City of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Michigan
    Located Vandenberg Center, Calder Plaza, across from 200 Ottawa, Grand Rapids, Michigan
    Remarks: 
    Gift of Miner S. Keeler II through the Keeler Fund. The sculpture was also funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and with community contributions. It is a 1/23rd scale of "La Grande Vitesse," a red-painted steel sculpture by Alexander Calder which also stands on Calder Plaza. The idea for the smaller scale replica was initiated by Rene Pelissier, after seeing a miniature Picasso sculpture in Chicago, designed to be experienced by blind and visually-impaired patrons. Herbert Daverman designed the base from drawings by Joseph Kinnebrew. Trudy Rose of the Association for the Blind was a consultant. IAS files include related articles from the Grand Rapids Press, May 5, 1976 and May 7, 1976. The SOS! survey and the May 7 article list the media as bronze and the May 5 article lists the media as brass.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Related Works: 
    Related to: 87750001.
    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 MI000731
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