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Words, (sculpture). Artist:  King, William, 1925-2015, sculptor. Palmer, Nelson J., architect. Newbrook Machine Company, fabricator. Meister Construction Company, contractor. Title:  Words, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Conversations, (sculpture). Voices, (sculpture). Tin Men, (sculpture). Things, (sculpture). Wise Men, (sculpture). Dates:  1974. Installed July 1974. Dedicated Sept. 15, 1974. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: polished stainless steel; Footings: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 17 ft. x Diam. 8 ft. (500 lbs.). Inscription:  (Plaque on "leg" of one figure:) WORDS Description:  Three abstract figures with tall tubular pipestem legs and rectangular sheet metal torsos, heads, and arms. Some of the figures' elbows are pointed outwards, as if the hands are placed on the hips. The figures are lit by recessed spotlights. Subject:  Figure group Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Fredonia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State University College at Fredonia, Daniel Reed Library, Fredonia, New York 14063 Accession Number: FSU 76.80 Located State University College at Fredonia, North of Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, Fredonia, New York Remarks:  The sculpture cost $9,452. It was a gift of Allegheny Ludlum and the Lakeshore Association for the Arts and was acquired in 1974. Funding was provided by the Edward John Noble Foundation, the University's artist-in-residence program, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The sculpture was fabricated by Newbrook Machine Company. Nelson J. Palmer designed the foundation, and the excavation work was done by Meister Construction Company. The sculpture was installed in July 1994 and dedicated Sept. 15, 1974. Prior to its September dedication, the position of two of the figures was changed slightly because of the discovery of an initial installation problem. IAS files contain Fredonia State University cataloging sheet; press releases of July 10, 1974 and Oct. 15, 1974, from the college's Office of College Relations; an article from the Campus Report (State University College, Fredonia) 4, no. 3 (Sept. 13, 1974); and newspaper articles: Leader, Sept. 12, 1974, pg. 8; Evening Observer (Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY), College Edition, Sept. 25, 1992, pg. C9; Jamestown Post-Journal, May 12, 1975; Dunkirk-Fredonia Evening Observer, May 7, 1975; Buffalo Courier-Express, April 26, 1975. Popular titles for the sculpture include Conversations, Voices, The Tin Men, The Wise Men, and Things. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1995. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Illustration:  Image on file. Jamestown Post-Journal, May 12, 1975. 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 76002371   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76002371 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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