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    		• Hollingsworth, Jack,
     
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    		• Union Foundry Company,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Occupation -- Sport
     
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    		• Folk
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Anniston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Iron Man, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hollingsworth, Jack, sculptor.
    Union Foundry Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Iron Man, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    (Football Player), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1985.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Cast iron pipe fittings, painted; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. x 12 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 1 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On sculpture:) UFCO unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length male figure of a football player made out of sections of pipe fittings. The torso is a four way section of pipe: the arms are attached to the lateral openings; the head is connected to the top opening; the legs are connected to an inverted "Y" shaped section of pipe that is attached to the bottom of the torso. The proper right arm is extended upward; the proper left arm is extended forward. The head is a capped section of pipe; the eyes, ears, and mouth are made from small pieces of pipe.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Figure male -- Full length
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Football
    Occupation -- Sport -- Football
    Object Type: 
    Folk
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    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Anniston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    M and H Valve Company, Maintenance Department, 605 West 23rd Street, Anniston, Alabama 36201
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture is a copy of a smaller figure located at Union Foundry. Sculpture is painted annually, either blue and orange or crimson and white (colors of Auburn University and University of Alabama), depending on which school won the annual football game. Union Foundry and M and H Valve Company are both owned by McWane Inc., Birmingham, Alabama.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
    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 AL000023
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