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Goto, Joseph,
Tower Iron Company,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Sculpture
Tower Iron, Sculpture No. 5, (sculpture).
Artist:
Goto, Joseph, 1916/20-1994, sculptor.
Tower Iron Company, fabricator.
Title:
Tower Iron, Sculpture No. 5, (sculpture).
Dates:
1967-1968. Installed 1970.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 10 1/2 x 8 x 4 ft. (16 1/2 tons).
Inscription:
(Base plaque:) Gift of/Mr. and Mrs. James L. Winokur/to honor/Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Scaife (Second base plaque:) Tower Iron Sculpture #5/by Joseph Goto/On long-term loan to/Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting/from Museum of Art. Carnegie Institute unsigned
Description:
Rough assemblage of heavy 4-inch-thick steel plate.
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Sculpture
Owner:
Lent by Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Accession Number: 70.17
On loan to WQED Building, 4802 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
WQED is the Metropolitan Pittsburgh Educational Television Studio. The sculpture was placed on loan as one of four works of art to leave the museum on long-term loan for public display. The sculpture was a gift of Mr. & Mrs. James L. Winokur.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 161.
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1990.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0188, 1989.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 216.
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 77001668
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