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Apollo, (sculpture). Artist:  Warner, Mark, sculptor. Title:  Apollo, (sculpture). Other Titles:  A-B-1971, (sculpture). Dates:  1968. Medium:  White plaster encased in painted fiberglass on concrete base. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 14 in. x 12 in.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. Diam. 42 in. (1,500 lbs.). Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A white fiberglass abstraction of two figures. One figure stands atop the other and lifts an arm skyward. The sculpture is made up of long curvilinear forms, each one smoothly making the transition to the one above. The sculpture is placed on a concrete base and surrounded by shrubbery, flowers, and a circular walkway. Subject:  Abstract Mythology -- Classical -- Apollo Figure group Allegory -- Other -- Progress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Philippi Sculpture Owner:  Alderson-Broaddus College, Maintenance Department, P. O. Box 548, Front of Heiner Hall, main campus, Philippi, West Virginia 26416 Remarks:  Inscription on plaque in front of sculpture reads: "APOLLO"/ Created by Mark Warner '68/Warner's idea came from Sir Isaac Newton's,/"I stand on the shoulders of giants."/He named the statue "Apollo" in appreciation/for the space program./Alderson-Broaddus chose it for the/Centennial symbol - 1971 - because the college's/aspirations are dependent upon the past/and persons now here and to come. IAS files contain a news release and other materials from the Alderson-Broaddus College Library discussing the college's choice of this piece as their Centennial Symbol and the artist, Mark Warner's, background as an alumnus of the college. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992. 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 WV000031   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WV000031 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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