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  • Jencks, Penelope,
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
     
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    Pittsburgh People, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Jencks, Penelope, 1936- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Pittsburgh People, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1988.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figures: bronze, painted.
    Dimensions: 
    3 figures. Male figure: approx. 6 x 3 x 2 ft.; Two female figures overall: approx. 5 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of the violin held by the standing female figure:) P. Jencks 1988 signed
    Description: 
    Three life-size figures, two female musicians and one businessman, represent the connection between business and art. The male figure stands by himself and looks over toward the two female figures who are grouped together. The male figure wears a suit and stands with his hand in his pants pockets. The female figures, one standing and one seated, each carry a violin in one hand. One of the female figures is seated up on top of a low stone wall, her legs crossed and her violin held vertically in her proper right hand. The other female figure is standing nearby, holding her violin tucked under her proper left arm. The two female figures are facing each other.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Performing Arts -- Music -- Violin
    Object -- Musical Instrument -- Violin
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Lincoln Property Management, CNG Tower, 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
    Located CNG Tower Plaza, Liberty Avenue near 7th Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
    Remarks: 
    Sculptures were commissioned by Lincoln Property Company.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    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 PA000272
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