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    		• Karol, Reuben H.,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Piscataway
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Reflections, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Karol, Reuben H., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Reflections, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 19, 1982.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: concrete; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 5 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 1 x 7 x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on base:) Reflections/By Professor Reuben H. Karol/Dedicated to/The College of Engineering/By the following Students/of the Class of 1982/(list of names)/Special Thanks to/The Civil Engineering Department,/Dr. Edward Nawy, Chairman,/Donna-Jean Tierney, And Others/who made this possible/May 19, 1982 unsigned
    Description: 
    A somewhat abstract sculpture of a sitting woman resembling Rodin's "Thinker." She has her chin in her proper right hand and rests her proper right elbow on her bent knee. Her proper left leg is spread out in front of her. She is seated on a pile of large books. The figure's body is divided into horizontally segmented thin wedges piled on top of each other. The sculpture is white.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Piscataway
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Rutgers University, Busch Campus, Facilities Maintenance, Piscataway, New Jersey
    Located Rutgers University, Busch Campus, Civil Engineering Building, Piscataway, New Jersey
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was designed by Reuben H. Karol and constructed by thirteen of his students as a class project. The class was created to teach students how to work out stress analysis and deal with problems involving use of concrete. The sculpture was dedicated along with the new $1 million Civil Engineering Building. IAS files contain a complete transcript of the names on the plaque. IAS files contain related article from the Home News (New Brunswick, NJ), May 16, 1982.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Home News (New Brunswick, NJ), May 16, 1982.
    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 NJ000369
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