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Crawford, Thom Cooney,
ORL,
ORB,
Abstract
Homage -- O'Keeffe, Georgia
Figure female -- Full length
Occupation -- Art
Animal -- Reptile
Landscape -- Celestial
Landscape -- Tree
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Homage to Georgia O'Keefe, (sculpture).
Artist:
Crawford, Thom Cooney, 1944- , sculptor.
ORL, founder.
ORB, founder.
Title:
Homage to Georgia O'Keefe, (sculpture).
Dates:
1986. Installed 1989. Dedicated May 1989.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. 1 in. x 61 3/4 in. x 11 in.; Base: approx. W. 74 in. x D. 14 in.
Inscription:
T C CRAWFORD ORL (or possibly ORB) (Triangle shape appears on front center of Base) (Next to triangle shape in script:) INVERTED EYE signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Brownish black metal semi-abstract female (?) figure. Proper left arm is folded across torso. Proper right arm exaggerated and extends skyward. There is a small hole in arm. Enlarged proper right hand is holding an upside down female figure, a kneeling figure, and another kneeling figure on back of fingers. The palm edge forms a profile of a face. Rear of proper right arm has upside down figure on it. Around lower part of the main figure is a coiled snake with its head resting on the base. At the proper right of the base is a snake coiled in a circle. Near base of the main figure is a tree carved into the bottom of the figure with two small figures, one on each side of the tree. Random marks include a half moon, various triangles, and a long groove which runs along the figure's proper right arm in a crescent shape.
Subject:
Abstract
Homage -- O'Keeffe, Georgia
Figure female -- Full length
Occupation -- Art -- Painter
Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
Landscape -- Celestial -- Moon
Landscape -- Tree
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Curator, 100 College Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Located University of Pennsylvania, Steinberg Aresty Building, Courtyard, 38th & Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Remarks:
Inscription on nearby plaque reads: HOMAGE TO GEORGIA O'KEEFFE/ BY THOM COONEY CRAWFORD/DEDICATED IN MAY 1989/TO MY FELLOW WEMBA XIII CLASSMATES/IN APPRECIATION TO THEIR WIT AND WISDOM/DAVID O. ZENKER, JR. According to SOS 1992 survey form, foundry name appears to be either ORL or ORB. Cast no. 2/5.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1992.
Senie, Harriet F., "Contemporary Public Sculpture: Tradition, Transformation, and Controversy," New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
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 PA000025
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