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    		• Giberson, Edward Engelhardt,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Wadlow, Robert Pershing
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Alton
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Robert Pershing Wadlow, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Giberson, Edward Engelhardt, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Robert Pershing Wadlow, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1985.
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 8 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of base:) ROBERT PERSHING WADLOW/FEBRUARY 22, 1918 - JULY 15, 1940 (Back of base:) EDWARD ENGELHARDT GIBERSON/SCULPTOR signed
    Description: 
    A full length standing male figure. He holds a cane in his proper left hand. He is dressed in a suit and tie.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Wadlow, Robert Pershing -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Alton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Southern Illinois University at Alton, College Avenue, Alton, Illinois
    Remarks: 
    See IAS photographs for inscription on nearby marker which credits Mr. Wadlow as an ambassador for Alton and, at 8 ft. 11 in. and 490 pounds, the tallest man who ever lived.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois 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 IL000106
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