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A Token of Friendly Relations, (sculpture). Artist:  Lodi, Leone, sculptor. Title:  A Token of Friendly Relations, (sculpture). Dates:  1962. Dedicated Nov. 14, 1963. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Travertine. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 10 x 9 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 40 in. x 90 in. x 4 ft.; Platform: approx. 5 in. x 27 ft. x 15 ft. (25 ton). Inscription:  (On lower right:) Leone Lodi/Scolpi 1962 (Incised on base:) FRANCO MARINOTTI/PRESIDENT OF SNIA VISCOSA/TO ALLIED CHEMICAL/AS A TOKEN OF THE FRIENDLY RELATIONS/BETWEEN THE TWO COMPANIES signed Description:  Larger than life depiction of the joining of the Latin and American civilizations. Two male figures stand in front of a horse. Both men wear short-sleeved shirts and knee-length trousers. The figure closest to the horse's head holds an upraised torch in his proper right hand and a book is crooked in his proper left arm. The other figure holds a mallet in his proper left hand and his proper right arm is around the proper right shoulder of the first figure. The horse is rearing up, perched on a rocky base by his front legs. Beneath it is a writhing sea-serpent. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Animal -- Horse Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Allegory -- Life -- Fraternity Object -- Other -- Torch Object -- Art Tool -- Mallet Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Irmo Sculpture Owner:  Allied Signal, St. Andrews Road, Irmo, South Carolina Remarks:  Commissioned by Snia Viscosa S.P.A., Italy's largest textile manufacturer, and presented to Allied Signal to commemorate the opening of their nylon plant. IAS files contain additional background information. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina 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 SC000041   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture SC000041 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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