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    		• Umana, Alfonso,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Occupation -- Sport
     
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    		• Ceremony -- Festival
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Lynchburg
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Olympic Runner, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Umana, Alfonso, 1908-1994, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Olympic Runner, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1973. Dedicated Sept. 22, 1994.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: iron, painted; Base: granite and brick.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 59 x 75 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 39 x 60 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On brick platform of base, raised:) OLYMPIC RUNNER/BY/UMANA/FORGED IRON/1973/ACQUISITION MADE POSSIBLE BY:/COLEMAN-ADAMS CONSTRUCTION, INC./DAVIDSON, SAKOLOSKY & RICHARDS, P.C./GALLERY 720/SCHEWEL FURNITURE COMPANY, INC./JAMES A SCOTT & SON, INC./AND/LYNCHBURG CITY SCHOOLS/DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 21, 1994 unsigned
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture made of forged iron painted black depicts an an Olympic runner in long stride. The sculpture is mounted on top of a base that consists of two granite piers on top of a two-tiered brick platform with a plaque on the lower tier.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Figure
    Occupation -- Sport -- Track & Field
    Ceremony -- Festival -- Olympics
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Lynchburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Lynchburg, Buildings & Grounds Administration, 1700 Memorial Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
    Located E.C. Glass High School, Memorial Avenue, Finish line of the Virginia Ten Miler, Lynchburg, Virginia
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Umana, Alfonso, 2907 Riverfront Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia
    Formerly located McGehee, Helen, 2907 Riverfront Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was installed in front of the artist's Lynchburg home until his death in 1994, when it was given to the City of Lynchburg. The SOS! survey report lists dedication date as Sept. 22, 1994; date on inscription plaque says dedicated Sept. 21, 1994. IAS files contain a related clipping from The News & Advance (Virginia), Sept. 23, 1994, pg. B-1; and excerpt from "Umana: His Iron Work," Lynchburg, VA: Editions Heraclita, 1994.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
    Inventory staff, 2000.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The News & Advance (Virginia), Sept. 23, 1994, pg. B-1.
    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 VA000228
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