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McGarry, Joseph,
Figure male -- Full length
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Lake Placid
Sculpture
Primitive Forces, (sculpture).
Artist:
McGarry, Joseph, sculptor.
Title:
Primitive Forces, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Runner, (sculpture).
Dates:
June 1978.
Medium:
Figure: bronze, painted; Foundation: concrete.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 5 x 3 x 6 ft.; Foundation: approx. 3 x 3 x 6 ft.
Inscription:
(On brass plaque on base:) PRIMITIVE FORCES/BY/JOSEPH MCGARRY unsigned
Description:
A figure of a male runner in a sprinting position with his proper right arm twisted back and his proper left arm well below his stomach.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Track & Field
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Lake Placid
Sculpture
Owner:
Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Saranac Avenue, Lake Placid, New York 12946
Provenance:
Formerly located Albany, New York
Remarks:
Funded through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Mayor Corning and the City of Albany presented the figure to the Village of Lake Placid for the Olympic Winter Games. The figure was originally located in Albany before it was moved to its present location. For related information see: Adirondack Daily Enterprise (New York), Jan. 30, 1979; and Oct. 9, 1979. IAS files contain an unmounted photocopy of the figure as it appeared in Albany, New York.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
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 NY000426
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