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(War Memorial Stadium Football Players Relief), (sculpture). Artist:  Schnittmann, S. S., 1913-1978, sculptor. Burks and Anderson, architectural firm. Osborn Engineering Company, engineering firm. Harmon Construction Company, contractor. Title:  (War Memorial Stadium Football Players Relief), (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Sept. 1948. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Aluminum. Dimensions:  Each panel: approx. 8 ft. x 8 ft. x 6 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A triptych of three cast aluminum relief panels depicting football players in action, mounted over an entry gate to a stadium. The left panel is of a football player throwing a ball, his proper right hand cocked behind his proper left ear. His proper left hand is extended, parallel to the ground. The center panel consists of three figures, grouped and running, one in the foreground and two in the background. The right background figure is the ball carrier and has a football in his proper left hand. Next to him is a blocker. The foreground figure is tackling the passing figure, his right hand raised to the head of the ball carrier. The right panel depicts a single figure in extended kicking form with outstretched leg toward the center panel. His proper right arm extends outward parallel to the kicking leg. A duplicate set of relief panels was removed in 1973. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Sport -- Football Dress -- Uniform -- Sports Uniform Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  War Memorial Stadium, War Memorial Park, P. O. Box 250222, West Markham Street & Fair Park Boulevard, east face of stadium, above Gate One, Little Rock, Arkansas 72225 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. The stadium was dedicated on September 18, 1948. The relief panels are made of aluminum mined at the Bauxite mines in Arkansas, and smelted in the Reynolds Plant near Hot Springs. A duplicate set of panels was removed and put in storage in 1973, when the addition of the Press box was made. IAS files contain two articles from the Arkansas Gazette, Sept. 18, 1948, pg. 1, and Sept. 19, 1948, pg. 1, which discuss the dedication of the stadium. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas 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 AR000221   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AR000221 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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