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    		• Martens, Robert Erle,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Element
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Charleston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    From the Fullness of the Earth, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Martens, Robert Erle, 1919- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    From the Fullness of the Earth, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    United Carbon Man, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1941.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze figure on marble base; bronze reliefs on marble entrance walls.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 56 in. Diam. 15 in.; Base: approx. H. 32 in. Diam. 18 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plinth below figure's proper left side:) ROBERT E. MARTENS (In raised letter on plinth below figure:) FROM THE FULLNESS OF THE EARTH signed
    Description: 
    A standing male figure, about one-half life-size, with arms held stiffly at his sides as if standing at attention. He is depicted bare-chested and with a minimum of detail. He wears plain pants with a belt, work boots, and work gloves. He has a fixed gaze, directly forward. The details on this sculpture are few and subtle. There are reliefs on the outdoor foyer walls behind the sculpture, four on each side of the figure. The reliefs are made of bronze with a sandblasted area around them. They appear to represent technological processes for making modern products from the resources of the earth.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Allegory -- Element -- Earth
    Occupation -- Industry
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Technology
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Charleston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Arcus Associates, 1018 Kanawha Boulevard, East, Suite 105, Charleston, West Virginia 25301
    Located Boulevard Tower, 1018 Kanawha Boulevard, East, Charleston, West Virginia 25301
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain a brochure on Boulevard Tower which notes that the building was formerly known as the United Carbon Building, built in 1941. IAS files also contain an unidentified article on the artist which notes that the sculpture was known as "The United Carbon Man" when the building was known as the United Carbon Building.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1991.
    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 WV000014
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