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Schweiss, Ruth Keller,
Bedi-Makky Art Foundry,
Performing Arts -- Dance
Figure group -- Female
Literature -- Eliot
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Clayton
Sculpture
Still Point, (sculpture).
Artist:
Schweiss, Ruth Keller, sculptor.
Bedi-Makky Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
Still Point, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Dancers, (sculpture).
Dates:
Cast 1990. Dedicated May 5, 1990.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze and stainless steel.
Dimensions:
Sculpture group: approx. 12 x 12 x 8 ft.; Pedestals: each approx. H. 15 in. x Diam. 11 in.
Inscription:
Bedi-Mackey (sic) (On lower edge of skirt on each figure:) R. K. Schweiss (On plaque on front of fountain basin:) STILL POINT/Dedicated to/Dance St. Louis/Sculptor/Ruth Keller Schweiss/May 5, 1990 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Six identical elongated ballerina figures in "grand battement" ballet position. Each figure stands on toe of proper left foot with proper right leg raised above head with toe pointed. Proper left arm raised with hand curved over head. Proper right arm raised with hand on proper right ankle and foot. Proper left foot of each figure rests on small cylindrical pedestal. Sculpture group in middle of fountain basin.
Subject:
Performing Arts -- Dance -- Ballet
Figure group -- Female
Literature -- Eliot -- Burnt Norton
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Clayton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Clayton Land Company, 7500 Forsyth, St. Louis, Missouri 63105
Located Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 100 Carondelet Plaza, Clayton, Missouri
Remarks:
Dedicated to Dance St. Louis. Title of sculpture originates in T. S. Eliot's poem, "Burnt Norton."
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis survey, 1992.
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 MO000001
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MO000001
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