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Nadelman, Elie,
Walker & Gillette,
Figure group -- Male
Occupation -- Industry
Architectural component
Clock
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
Sculpture
Construction Workers, (sculpture).
Artist:
Nadelman, Elie, 1882-1946, sculptor.
Walker & Gillette, architectural firm.
Title:
Construction Workers, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Fuller Building Sculptures, (sculpture).
Dates:
1930-1932.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figures: stone.
Dimensions:
Each figure: approx. 8 x 3 x 1 ft.
Description:
Two bare-chested male figures stand on either side of a clock which rests on top of the lintel over the entrance to the building. The two figures representing construction workers face each other in profile.
Subject:
Figure group -- Male
Occupation -- Industry -- Construction
Object Type:
Architectural component
Clock
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Cushman & Wakefield, 595 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022
Located Fuller Building, 41 East 57th Street, Over entrance, New York, New York
Remarks:
For related information see: Architectural Forum 55 (August 1931): pg. 185-188; Diamonstein, Barbaralee, "The Landmarks of New York," New York: Abrams, 1988, pg. 356; Goldberger, Paul, "The City Observed, New York," New York: Random House, 1979, pg. 167; and Stern, Robert A. M., "New York 1930," New York: Rizzoli, 1987, pg. 367. The Fuller Company, the construction compnay who built the Fuller Building, used it as their headquarters beginning in 1930.
References:
Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 104.
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 326.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 104.
Jacoby, Stephen M., "Architectural Sculpture in New York City," New York: Dover, 1975, pl. 125.
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 88300039
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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