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Coppola, Andrew.
Coppola, Gary,
Figure group
Performing Arts -- Music
Architecture -- Detail
Animal -- Reptile
Animal -- Reptile
Object -- Foliage
Dress -- Ceremonial
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Melbourne Beach
Sculpture
Tableau, (sculpture).
Artist:
Coppola, Andrew. 1941-1992, sculptor.
Coppola, Gary, assistant.
Title:
Tableau, (sculpture).
Dates:
1992.
Medium:
Sculpture: aluminum, welded, sprayed with Imron paint and lacquered; Base: cast concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. x 9 ft. x 16 in.; Base: approx. H. 16 in. x L. 9 ft. x D. 16 in.
Inscription:
A.C. (Three lines of text below male figure) signed
Description:
An abstract, full-length figure of a woman in a red, low-cut, calf-length evening dress stands in an archway with both hands touching either side of the arch. She has long black hair with a flower in it. To her proper left, outside of the archway, is an abstract, dark-skinned figure of a man wearing a white jacket and tie, playing a gold saxophone. Beneath him is a panel with three lines of inscriptions, and three panels of turtle images below it. Above the man and woman is a palm frond with the head of a snake coming out from the leaves. The sculpture is in the origami design style and is on a rectangular-shaped base.
Subject:
Figure group
Performing Arts -- Music -- Saxophone
Architecture -- Detail -- Arch
Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle
Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
Object -- Foliage -- Palm
Dress -- Ceremonial -- Formal Dress
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Melbourne Beach
Sculpture
Owner:
Sebastian Beach Inn, 7035 Highway AIA, Melbourne Beach, Florida
Remarks:
Sculpture is the first major sculpture by a nationally known artist to be acquired for Brevard County. IAS files contain a related article.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida survey, 1995.
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 FL000431
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
FL000431
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