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    		• Tafflinger, Elmer,
     
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    		• Bitter, Karl,
     
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    		• Allegory -- Time
     
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    		• Architecture -- Ruins
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
     
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    		• Site-specific
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Ruins, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Tafflinger, Elmer, sculptor.
    Bitter, Karl, 1867-1915, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Ruins, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Races of Man, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1978.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Limestone, brick masonry, wrought iron, plants.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: Approx. 30 ft. x 50 yd. x 100 yd.; Each female figure: approx. 113 x 30 x 23 in.; Each base: approx. 3 x 30 x 30 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque, center limestone block on east side of installation:) THE RUINS/AN ALLEGORY OF ITS STATUES/AN ALLEGORY OF ITS FOUNTAIN (Across east side of three limestone blocks, on east side of installation:) WE THE/PEOPLE OF THE/UNITED STATES/IN ORDER TO/FORM A MORE PER/FECT UNION
    Description: 
    A multi-component site installation in a city park, which incorporates works by several artists. Central to the installation is a temple-like entrance consisting of three Doric columns, above which are Karl Bitter's "Races of Man", a series of crouching heroic limestone figures representing Black, Asian and Caucasian races. This entrance is set in a partial wall of brick, trimmed in stone. A large, low rectangle lies in front of it to the east, surrounded by a wrought iron fence. To the west of the entrance, shrubs and trees are planted amidst rubble of brick, chunks of carved limestone, cornices and capitals set into partial walls. A semi-circular pool of water extends west of this, surrounded by a wrought iron fence and Doric colonnade with 26 urn-topped columns. An additional pool is located beyond the colonnade. Two heroic full-length limestone female figures in Roman dress and two Ionic capitals are located in the area which surrounds the "ruins".
    Subject: 
    Allegory -- Time -- Past
    Architecture -- Ruins
    Figure female -- Full length
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
    Site-specific
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Indianapolis, Parks and Recreation Division, 1426 West 29th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208
    Located Holliday Park, Indianapolis, Indiana
    Remarks: 
    Proposal for the installation was first made in 1958 in response to a call for relocation of Karl Bitter's sculpture "The Races of Man" from St. Paul's Building in New York City (see IAS record IN000635). Tafflinger's proposal, submitted on behalf of Indianapolis, was accepted. The installation of "The Ruins" was completed twenty years later in 1978. The two heroic female figures in the installation were originally located on the old Marion County courthouse. IAS files contain copies of related articles from The Castleton Banner, Sept. 2, 1992 and the Indianapolis News, June 4, 1974.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, 1976.
    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 IN000636
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