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Tarantal, Elsa Johnson,
Johnson Atelier,
Figure female -- Child
Figure female -- Nude
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Balancing, (sculpture).
Artist:
Tarantal, Elsa Johnson, 1944- , sculptor.
Johnson Atelier, founder.
Title:
Balancing, (sculpture).
Dates:
Cast 1983. Installed 1983. Dedicated July 1984.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 44 x 23 x 15 in.; Base: approx. 25 1/2 x 21 x 21 in.
Inscription:
(Plaque on east side of base:) University City Townhouses/Developed and built by Altman Brothers/with the aid of/U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development/The Redevelopment Authority/City of Philadelphia/Dedicated July 1984/W. Wilson Goode Mayer/Architect: Friday Architects/Planners/with Richard Kline/Scaffito Stucco by Michael Webb/"Balancing" Bronze by Elsa Tarantal/Philadelphia Fine Arts Program signed
Description:
The sculpture portrays a nude young girl standing on her proper left foot, her proper right foot rests on her shin. Her proper right arm is extended to balance her. She is standing on a raised plinth which is positioned on the rear corner of a square platform with a diagonal orientation. The platform has three stepped levels.
Subject:
Figure female -- Child -- Full length
Figure female -- Nude
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Altman Realty Company, 115 New Glenside, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Located University City Townhouses, 40th & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Watson-Jones, Virginia, "Contemporary American Women Sculptors," Phoenix: ORYX Press, 1986, p. 571.
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 PA000048
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA000048
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