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Barger, Raymond Granville,
Object -- Other
History -- United States
History -- United States
Literature -- Barger
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Brunswick
Sculpture
Warped Wheel, (sculpture).
Artist:
Barger, Raymond Granville, 1906- , sculptor.
Title:
Warped Wheel, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Wheel, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1982.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: railroad rails and ties.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 42 x 54 x 8 in.; Base: approx. 13 x 81 x 53 in.
Inscription:
(On circular plaque in front:) BRUNSWICK MARYLAND/HUB OF FIRST RAILROAD/FIVE THOUSAND YEARS/LIGHTEN HIS LOAD/MAN PUSH HORSE PULL/ROLL ON HIS ROAD/HUNDRED MILE SPEED/WITH STEAM HE RIDE/SLOW FOR HIS NEED/WHEEL CAST ASIDE/THUNDER ON PAD/COMPRESSION BURN/BE GOOD OR BAD/IS SCIENCE TURN/HOME OF IRON HORSE/GLOBAL THOUGHT SMART/SPEED EIGHTEEN THOU/THERE BEFORE START/WAY IT IS NOW/IN BIG HURRY/GET TO WHERE GO/NECESSARY/SEEMS NO ONE KNOWS/GIVE UP THE FIGHT/OLD EROSION/IS MAN'S PROGRESS/BIG EXPLOSION/HUNDRED YEAR ANNIVERSARY/CAV. RAYMOND. GRANVILLE. BARGER/SCULPTOR. POET. USA. YEAR 214. A. D. YEAR 1990/BALTIMORE B & O AND OHIO/W.A.R.P.E.D.W.H.E.E.L.
Subject:
Object -- Other -- Wheel
History -- United States -- Railroad
History -- United States -- Maryland
Literature -- Barger
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Brunswick
Sculpture
Owner:
Brunswick Library, Brunswick, Maryland
Remarks:
Gift of the artist, a native of Brunswick, in honor of the Town's centennial. The sculpture was exhibited in the garden of the Governor's mansion, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1982 and at the Collector's Only Gallery in Dallas, Texas, 1983.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1994.
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 MD000509
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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